Trump: will help tractor companies by removing environmental restrictions

WASHINGTON, ⁠Dec 8 (Reuters) – U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump said on Monday ⁠that farming equipment has gotten too ​expensive and his administration ‍would help tractor companies by removing some environmental rules that affect ​them.  

“We’re going to also give the tractor companies, John Deere and all ​of the companies that make ⁠the equipment, we’re going ‌to take off a lot of ⁠the environmental restrictions ​that they have on machinery. ‌It’s ridiculous,” Trump said at a White ‍House roundtable where he announced aid to farmers hit by his tariff policies.

(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Bhargav Acharya and Costas Pitas; Writing by Doina ⁠Chiacu;; Editing by ‌Chizu ⁠Nomiyama )