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This has contributed to the depressing assessment that should Iran decide to choke off the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows 20-30% of the world's oil supplies, its effect would be considerable.

“It takes resources and capacity to manage our forests, and right now this administration is choking off the agency,” said Josh Hicks, conservation campaigns director with the national nonprofit the Wilderness Society.

Those staffers continue to fire longtime federal employees, cut budgets and choke off government programs while protected by an administration that has pushed to keep their maneuverings out of the public spotlight.

Industry groups are largely opposed to the executive order and say it will be counterproductive – potentially choking off the supply of drugs and funds for research while doing little to quell high costs.

UC Davis Professor Emeritus Colin A. Carter, who co-authored the research, said China’s retaliatory tariffs are now much higher than what they analyzed, and will choke off Chinese purchases of pistachios, almonds and dairy products.