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  • Trump’s Exceptional Tariff Weekend

    04/14/2025 4:01:47 AM PDT · by karpov · 12 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | April 13, 2025 | WSJ Editorial Board
    President Trump is taking exception to the idea that his Administration is offering exceptions to his punishing tariffs. That’s the story after a confusing weekend that offers more lessons in the arbitrary nature of Trump trade policy. Late Friday his own Customs and Border Protection (CBP) department issued a notice listing products that will be exempt from Mr. Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs that can run as high as 145% on goods from China. The exclusions apply to smartphones, laptop computers, hard drives, computer processors, servers, memory chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and other electronics. The CBP notice takes the tariff rate...
  • Donald Trump’s Tips-Tax Gambit. He plays Biden-lite on tax policy with a carve-out for tipped income. His 2017 tax reform was better policy.

    06/19/2024 10:47:07 AM PDT · by karpov · 61 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | June 17, 2024 | WSJ Editorial Board
    The election campaign between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is so far largely a personal showdown, but their policy ideas matter to the country’s prosperity. Mr. Trump can claim the better record on the economy, thanks in part to his 2017 tax reform, so it’s too bad he’s now floating special-favor tax ideas like exempting worker tips from federal taxes. “For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you’re going to be very happy,” Mr. Trump said on a recent swing through Nevada, “because when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips.” He...