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Could a foreign profit tax pay for Trump’s fiscal plans?

The tax plan released by the White House on Wednesday was short on detail, but looked broadly similar to President Donald Trump’s pre-election plan. With the deep cuts to individual income and corporate tax rates estimated to increase the Federal budget deficit by up to $7tn over a decade, however, there is next to no chance of the plan ever being approved by Congress in its current form.

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