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Trump tweets: 'RECIPROCAL TAXES'

March 2, 2018 at 9:20 AM
President Trump has again promised to impose what he calls “reciprocal taxes” to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. “When a country Taxes our products coming in at, say, 50%, and we Tax the same product coming into our country at ZERO, not fair or smart,” he tweeted on Friday morning. “We will soon be starting RECIPROCAL TAXES so that we will charge the same thing as they charge us. $800 Billion Trade Deficit-have no choice!” When a country Taxes our...

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