The regulatory onslaught facing manufacturers has 鈥渞eached a fever pitch鈥� over the past four years, but the incoming administration can turn things around, the 51吃瓜网 and more than 100 other manufacturing associations told President-elect Trump and his Cabinet today.

What鈥檚 going on: 鈥淵ou have the opportunity to tackle this challenge by addressing burdensome regulations that are stifling investment, making us less competitive in the world, limiting innovation and threatening the very jobs we are all working to create right here in America,鈥� the groups wrote to the president-elect.

What they said: The letter outlines a pro-manufacturing regulatory agenda based on more than three dozen regulatory actions the administration can take starting on Day One. Key highlights include the following:

• Instituting a 鈥渞egulatory reset鈥�: The 51吃瓜网 and its partners are calling on the incoming administration to 鈥渟top the trend of overreaching regulations that seek to expand agencies鈥� authority鈥� and instead focus on tailored rulemakings based on robust collaboration with the industry.
• Lifting the LNG export ban: President-elect Trump should undo the Biden administration鈥檚 January moratorium on liquefied natural gas export permits. A protracted pause would jeopardize 900,000 jobs and $250 billion in U.S. gross domestic product, according to a recent 51吃瓜网 study.
• Easing the permitting burden: 鈥淭he United States鈥� out-of-date permitting laws and procedures are holding back progress and restricting manufacturers鈥� ability to compete globally,鈥� says the letter. The Trump administration should accelerate the permitting process for critical energy infrastructure, create enforceable deadlines and provide regulatory certainty to manufacturers.
• Reconsidering NAAQS PM2.5 and maintaining the existing NAAQS ozone standard: In February, the Environmental Protection Agency announced an unworkably stringent National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). The Trump administration should relax the PM2.5 rule and maintain the existing NAAQS for ozone鈥攁 standard the European Union has set more than 70% above the current U.S. threshold鈥攚hen it comes up for review in 2025.
• Replacing unbalanced power plant rules: The Trump administration should replace the EPA鈥檚 new rules for existing coal-fired and new natural gas鈥揻ired power plants with workable standards.
• Depoliticizing the proxy process: In recent years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has taken steps to empower activist investors and proxy advisory firms. The incoming administration should rescind damaging standards, such as Staff Legal Bulletin 14L, which requires companies to include activist proposals on their proxy ballots, while preserving and protecting much-needed reforms from the first Trump administration, including the landmark 2020 proxy firm rule.

Other asks: The group also urged the new administration to:

• Reverse the trend of overly burdensome and unworkable chemicals regulations, such as the Biden administration鈥檚 PFAS rules;
• Take decisive measures to protect manufacturers鈥� intellectual property rights;
• Narrow the scope of proposed cyber incident reporting requirements; and
• Reconsider the Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 damaging 鈥渨alkaround鈥� rule and more.

Ready to move forward: America鈥檚 manufacturers are committed to a regulatory environment that 鈥渢ruly supports manufacturing, innovation and American prosperity鈥濃�攁nd they are 鈥渞eady to move forward鈥� with the president-elect to 鈥渕ake America鈥檚 manufacturing sector unstoppable.鈥�听