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Opinion | Where Is the U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal?

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 newsedgepoint 276 Views 0 Comments banking, commentaries, commercial banking, credit, domestic politics, economic news, editorials, executive branch, external payments, financial services, general news, government bodies, international relations, opinions, physical trade, political, politics, politics & policy, restrictions, trade, trade barriers

The third round of negotiations between the United States and the United Kingdom for a new trade deal has come

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Opinion | Bill Barr’s Greatest Legal Defeat

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 newsedgepoint 410 Views 0 Comments Bill Barr, capital gains tax, commentaries, corporate, corporate taxation, direct taxation, domestic politics, Donald Trump, economic news, executive branch, general news, government bodies, government budget, government finance, government policy, income tax, industrial news, international relations, justice department, opinion, opinions, political, politics, regulation, taxation

Over the course of his sterling legal career, Attorney General William Barr hasn’t lost very often in court. But looking

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Opinion | How the Bidens Dodged the Payroll Tax

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020 newsedgepoint 580 Views 0 Comments commentaries, direct taxation, domestic politics, economic news, financial services, general news, government budget, government finance, insurance, international relations, opinion, opinions, payroll taxes, political, politics, taxation

Joe Biden responded to President Trump’s partial suspension of payroll-tax collections with a statement calling it the “first shot in

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Opinion | Innocent Aluminum Bystanders

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 newsedgepoint 529 Views 0 Comments border tax, canada, commentaries, domestic politics, Donald Trump, economic news, editorials, executive branch, external payments, general news, government bodies, international relations, opinions, political, politics, protectionism, restrictions, tariffs, trade, trade barriers

Well, that was predictable. Ottawa said Friday it will retaliate against President Trump’s new 10% tariffs on aluminum from Canada

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Opinion | On Capital Gains, Joe Biden Is No Jack Kennedy

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 newsedgepoint 409 Views 0 Comments capital gains tax, commentaries, direct taxation, domestic politics, economic news, economic performance, general news, government budget, government finance, indicators, international relations, opinion, opinions, political, politics, taxation

There is nothing “moderate” about Joe Biden’s proposals to tax high-income investors. First, the top individual tax rate for income

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Opinion | States of Unemployment

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 newsedgepoint 311 Views 0 Comments commentaries, coronavirus, economic news, economic performance, Economy, editorials, employment, general labor issues, general news, health, indicators, infectious diseases, medical conditions, novel coronaviruses, opinions, pandemic, political, respiratory tract diseases, unemployment, unemployment figures

Friday’s employment report for July shows the labor market continues to improve, despite a setback from the surge in coronavirus

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Opinion | Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Choice

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 newsedgepoint 434 Views 0 Comments commentaries, domestic politics, economic news, economic performance, editorials, elections, executive branch, general news, government bodies, indicators, international relations, Nancy Pelosi, national, opinions, political, politics, politics & policy, presidential elections, Steven Mnuchin, Trump

As negotiations for another giant spending bill proceed in Washington, President Trump faces a choice. Does he do another deal

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Opinion | The Swedish Economic Model

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 newsedgepoint 272 Views 0 Comments commentaries, economic growth, economic news, economic performance, editorials, indicators, opinions, recession

Progressive politicians love to wish that America’s economy could be more like Sweden’s. After Wednesday’s economic-data release there, we share

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Opinion | Read Joe Biden’s Lips: New Taxes

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 newsedgepoint 735 Views 0 Comments commentaries, economic news, editorials, government budget, government finance, Joe Biden, opinions, taxation

Joe Biden is a heavy favorite to be the next President, yet the media have barely paid attention to what

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Opinion | How Chinese Officials Hijacked My Company

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 newsedgepoint 680 Views 0 Comments commentaries, consortia, corporate, corporate actions, crime, domestic politics, economic news, embezzlement, external payments, financial crime, fraud, general news, industrial news, industrial property rights, intellectual property rights, international relations, joint ventures, legal action, opinion, opinions, ownership changes, patents, physical trade, political, politics, trade

President Trump said last month that talks for a phase 2 trade agreement with China were on the back burner.

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