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Focus: The House GOP Border Tax Plan (Part 4) - Feb 13, 2017

By bartolo - Posted on 24 February 2017

The New York Fed explains why a border tax won’t help the U.S. economy, Ideas that sound good on paper can end up working very differently in practice - WSJ

Fed economists criticize House GOP border tax, arguing that it would raise prices for American consumers and businesses - CNN

New York Fed economists' blog post: Why the proposed border tax adjustment is unlikely to promote U.S. exports - Liberty Street Economics

White House denies Axios report that chief economic adviser Cohn said Trump administration does not support the GOP border adjustment tax - Newsmax

White House statement denying Axios report on Cohn's comments on border adjuststment tax - Axios

VIDEO: Original Axios report: Cohn says no go on House GOP border tax version - CNBC

'We understand the concerns' of retailers, small businesses worried about border adjusted tax: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin - CNBC

Sean Spicer & taxes: Press secretary doesn’t understand border adjustment tax - National Review

How a U.S. "border tax" could hit your wallet (Page 1-5) - CBS News

How a border tax could hit car buyers - Car and Driver

American-made companies worried about proposed border tax - Chicago Tribune

JCPenney CEO says he's confident Congress understands concerns about how a border adjusted tax will be regressive and will hurt low income consumers - CNBC

VIDEO: Hewlett Packard Meg Whitman on border adjustment tax: 'It actually lowers the number of jobs for many, many companies' - CNBC

VIDEO: Pernod Ricard CFO says he’s not in favor of border tax - Bloomberg

Border tax adjustments: an unnecessary gamble - Mercatus Center

Regressive and loophole-ridden: Issues with the House GOP border adjustment tax proposal - ITEP Reports

Is that the border-adjustment tax compatible with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules? - Tax Reform and Transition

The border adjustment tax creates more problems than it solves - Tax Justice Blog

Alchemy is difficult and dangerous: The border adjusted tax distorts terms of trade with unknown consequences in pursuit of something that looks nice only in spreadsheets - jpmorganinstitutional.com

Don't ruin a chance for tax reform with “border adjustments" - Foundation for Economic Education

How ‘border adjustment’ poisons tax reform - WSJ

Why the GOP should abandon the border adjustment tax, Instead Republicans should go bold and propose a tax cut - POLITICO

Why a border tax is a tax on Middle America - Morning Consult

The introduction of a border tax adjustment (BTA) to the U.S. corporate tax code would be disruptive to currency markets, global trade, and global supply chains - CNBC

VIDEO: Gluskin Sheff economist gives thumbs down to border tax - Bloomberg

Paul Ryan and Donald Trump support 2 different policies they both call a “border tax” - Vox

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