US elections: what Trump’s victory means for the bioeconomy
By Jim Lane, Biofuels Digest.
In Washington, Donald Trump captured the US Presidency in an upset victory that confounded pollsters and political pundits even as it delighted supporters of his maverick candidacy based on themes of immigration and trade reform coupled with a message that government policies of the past generation had failed for too many Americans.
An unexpected series of wins across US Midwestern states – capturing Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio which had gone for Obama in 2012 – provided a comfortable margin of victory in the Electoral College and the popular vote.
5 Themes
Some immediate themes emerge for the global bioeconomy as the US turns now from its lengthy election process to the transition period between Administrations.