Sources familiar with the matter stated that a Tennessee factory producing polysilicon for the U.S. semiconductor supply chain is at risk of closure after the Trump administration's new trade measures drove away its two remaining customers. ^[1] The National MCOOL Coalition launched a petition this week calling on the White House and Congress to restore mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. ^[2] Germany's Wacker, which produces polysilicon for chips and solar panels, will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to close its Charleston, Tennessee, facility that employs about 600 workers. ^[3] The move follows a White House proclamation last month that seeks to incentivize purchases of American polysilicon, according to sources who declined to be named because the matter was not public. ^[4] Wacker stated that the proclamation does not effectively support the use of U.S.-made polysilicon as it currently reads and that the company is in active discussions with the administration to achieve the policy's goal. ^[5] Joe Maxwell, president of Farm Action Fund, stated that if Washington opens the door to hundreds of millions more pounds of imported beef, American consumers should have the right to know where the beef they are buying comes from. ^[6] Matt Van Schyndel, a farmer-member of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and National Family Farm Coalition, claimed that without country-of-origin labeling, multinational monopolistic corporations hold outsized influence over prices at the expense of American farmers and consumers. ^[7] President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation temporarily increasing the quota for lean beef trimmings by 300,000 metric tons (more than 660 million pounds) from September 1 through November 30. ^[8]