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Why ‘Digital Taxes’ Are the New Trade War Flashpoint

William Horobin and Aoife White | Washington Post | 01/23/2020

Big internet companies have long been the target of complaints that they don’t pay enough in taxes. Fed up, France became the first country to introduce a “digital tax” —…

US and EU eye low-hanging-fruit trade deal

Christian Oliver, Jakob Hanke and Barbara Moens | POLITICO | 01/23/2020

U.S.-EU trade talks are suddenly going full ste...

In Davos, Trump Targets Europe for Next Trade Bout

Andrew Soergel | US News | 01/22/2020

Only a week after finalizing a partial trade deal with China and watching...

Trade War’s Pain May Deepen Even as Tensions Abate

Ben Casselman, Niraj Chokshi and Jim Tankersley | New York Times | 01/22/2020

The trade war is de-escalating,...

Warren calls on big U.S. banks to disclose preparation for climate risk

Ann Saphir and Lindsay Dunsmuir | Reuters | 01/22/2020

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) ...

Trump’s backward arch on trade

Anne O. Kreuger | Jordan Times | 01/22/2020

WASHINGTON, DC — Following America’s disastrous 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the su...

Brexit Britain faces the gunboats

Emilio Casalicchio | POLITICO | 01/22/2020

LONDON — As Britain readies to leave the world’s largest trading bloc and step out on...

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