特朗普周一早上签署行政命令，大幅削减规管中小企业的法规。
特朗普在一批中小企业领袖包围下，在椭圆形办公室签署这项命令。他说，这将是美国历来最大规模的同类行动。
较早前白宫官员形容，有关指令是“一进二出”计划，要求各政府机构提出新法规时，要撤销该部门两项法规。特朗普称，最新的行政命令旨在减少中小企业的负担，履行他的一项竞选承诺。
但新命令内容显示会有更广泛的影响，迅速招来忧思科学家联盟组织谴责，指它为各机构开创了“苏菲的抉择”，必须在同样重要的规条中作出选择。
President Donald Trump has signed an executive action aimed at cutting regulations, and said at a White House breakfast he wanted to "create an environment for small business."
The executive action requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two that they will cut. Trump had pledged during the election campaign to reduce the regulatory burden on small companies.
Last week, Trump signed orders that allow work to proceed on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, two projects that stalled during the Obama administration.
Many small business owners have advocated that the pipelines be built because they would offer chances for small companies involved in construction and in energy industry support.
Trump also signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Some small business advocates had supported the free trade agreement because it would have relaxed restrictions on U.S. companies that want to export to countries that border the Pacific Ocean.