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The Border Adjustment Tax - good intentions, bad policy

2017-07-12 17:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

As has been widely reported, some US politicians have endorsed a plan to alter domestic tax laws in such a way that imported products would be subject to a new tax, while exempting exported products from the tax. The plan is called the Border Adjustment Tax (or BAT). It is bad policy. Why? Let's take a look.

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