Nicholas Georges, senior vice president of scientific and international affairs at the Household and Commercial Products Association (HCPA), explores the US market in the wake of a new president.
“People say Europe is the most regulated aerosol industry in the world, but you know, we’re not far behind in the United States,” Nicholas told a crammed conference hall at ADF Paris.
“The reality is, the US market is driven by the legislative and regulatory action that’s going on in our country right now. I have to start with the elephant in the room: president Trump is back in charge, and that certainly means a reversal of a number of the Biden administration’s policies.”
For example, at the federal level there is a regulatory freeze, and the US is seeing environmental pullbacks n certain regulations that were passed under the last administration – “and that’s before Congress can really get anything going.”
“Now we’ve got about 40 executives out of president Trump already [at the time the speech was given], 10 of which are already under litigation.”
Nicholas went on to point...
US fears too much is being done too quickly
