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Business groups to Congress: Reclaim executive branch trade authority

June 19, 2018 at 5:20 PM
Almost 60 business groups this week urged leaders of the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means committees to reset the balance of trade authority between Congress and the executive branch, warning that the failure to do so could undermine economic growth. The broad array of groups wrote that “extensive unilateral use of tariffs by the Executive Branch is upsetting the historic balance between Congressional and Executive powers, which has worked effectively for many decades to strengthen our economy and...


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