Trump Boosts High-Ethanol Gasoline as He Courts Iowa Farm Voters
- President tells EPA to lift summertime limits on E15 gasoline
- Trump touts his policy change at a campaign rally in Iowa
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President Donald Trump moved on Tuesday to make it easier to sell more ethanol in vehicle fuel, delivering a victory to corn farmers and biofuel producers that could translate to long-term market gains.
Trump said he had signed a memo telling the Environmental Protection Agency to lift summertime fueling restrictions on E15 gasoline containing as much as 15 percent ethanol. On Tuesday night, Trump underscored the policy change at a rally in Iowa, the nation’s top producer of both ethanol and the corn used to make it.