Trump acts, and Kushners stand to gain

Washington

IT WAS the first major piece of legislation that US President Donald Trump signed into law, and buried on page 734 was one sentence that brought a potential benefit to the president's extended family: renewal of a programme offering permanent residence in the United States to affluent foreigners investing money in real estate projects here.

Just hours after the appropriations measure was signed on Friday, the company run until January by Mr Trump's son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, was urging wealthy Chinese in Beijing to consider investing US$500,…