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Trump's tax cut plan sparks global tax war fears

Falling tax revenues will make it harder for governments to pay for welfare, health care and benefits, warn NGOs
Mon, May 01, 2017 - 5:50 AM

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US President Donald Trump's plans to slash corporate taxes in the United States have sparked concerns of a new global fiscal race to the bottom, possibly involving a wave of negative social consequences, analysts said.

In what Mr Trump's economic adviser Gary Cohn described...

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