Revolutionizing, disrupting or subverting? 100 days in, Trump is upending food, health, and climate policy
Revolutionizing, disrupting or subverting? 100 days in, Trump is upending food, health, and climate policy
Food Tank | May 12, 2025
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The First 100 Days: How Trump and Vance Have Changed Food, Agriculture, Health, and Climate.
- January 20, 2025: President Donald Trump signs an Executive Order to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, effective January 2026.
- January 20, 2025: Trump signs an Executive Order to withdraw from the World Health Organization, effective January 2026.
- January 20, 2025: Trump signs an Executive Order pausing all foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending review.
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- February 4, 2025: Trump’s 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports go into effect.
- February 7, 2025: U. S.Department of Agriculture (USDA) has frozen funding for farmers, ranging from cash assistance for farmers to support for cover crops.
- February 13, 2025: The U.S. Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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- March 7, 2025: USDA eliminates two committees that advise it on food safety: the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods and the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection.
- March 10, 2025: China’s retaliatory 15 percent tariffs on American farm products including chicken, pork, soybeans, and beef take effect.
- March 10, 2025: Kennedy directs FDA to explore rulemaking and eliminate the pathway for companies to self-affirm that food ingredients are safe.
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- April 1, 2025: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shuts down its Maternal and Child Health Branch—which works with other countries to ensure that mothers and children at risk of or infected by HIV receive treatment—and laid off all staff.
- April 2, 2025: Rollins sends a letter to Maine Governor Janet Mills claiming the state is “violating federal law against discrimination in education” by allowing transgender athletes to compete in public school sports, and announcing that USDA will withhold some federal funds from the state Department of Education.
- April 3, 2025: FDA suspends a program to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese, and pet food that was set to launch later this month, due to staff cuts.
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