Bill’s ‘Buy America’ Provision Sets Up Potential Clash for GOP, Donald Trump

[ BRODY MULLINS and KRISTINA PETERSON | December 02, 2016 |The Wall Street Journal] WASHINGTON—Setting the stage for what could be the first clash between President-elect Donald Trump and Congress, House Speaker Paul Ryan and some congressional Republicans are raising concerns about a provision in a bill that would require the use of American-made iron and steel for U.S. water infrastructure…

A Republican Corporate Tax Plan Liberals Can Like

[Noah Smith| December 06, 2016 |Bloomberg] Few are paying attention, but a proposal now working its way through Congress could change the U.S.’s whole approach to trade, industrial policy and taxation. The plan would exempt income earned on exports from corporate taxation. Today, corporations pay federal taxes on the profits they make from goods and services sold…