OBAMA ELECTION COULD SPELL MORE US REGULATION FOR COSMETICS SECTOR
December 1st, 2008
BY RUSSELL BERMAN
THE INTERNATIONAL cosmetics industry is watching closely for signs of regulatory changes that could be afoot under the incoming Obama administration and a new Congress in the United States, with increased Democratic majorities.
Maybe the biggest question is over environmental policy, where the president-elect has pledged to be much more aggressive than George W Bush and may push for added regulations that would prove costly to leading cosmetics firms.
Mr Obama has yet to detail specific policy initiatives, but his appointments to top White ...
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