WASHINGTON—The agency charged with protecting U.S. consumers from dangerous products has changed tack under President Trump, curtailing certain regulatory practices that consumer groups applauded but businesses found intrusive.
Ann Marie Buerkle, acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission since February 2017, has toned down what businesses describe as the confrontational approach of her Democratic predecessor. Ms. Buerkle, who wrote in 2016 that the commission shouldn’t be used to “bully industry,” says she...