Trump Caught Between Corn, Oil Interests on Renewable Fuels
- Republican candidate vows to suppport U.S. biofuel mandate
- Lists blending-fuel credits among regulations he would end
Donald Trump speaks at the Economic Club of New York in New York on Sept. 15.
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Donald Trump is trying to walk a fine line between Iowa corn interests and the oil industry.
The Republican presidential candidate’s struggle to appease the antagonistic industries was in the spotlight Thursday when his campaign published a fact sheet calling for the elimination of a slew of regulations, including a scandal-marred system of buying and selling biofuel blending credits that some oil refiners hate.