United States President Donald Trump continued on Monday to use his social network to pass messages on his protectionist agenda. This time, he listed 8 measures adopted by business partners he classifies as “non-tax cheats” used to harm the US. Exchange manipulation, subsidies to local companies and agricultural protection standards are among these measures.
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The list begins with “currency manipulation”, a reference to currency devaluation compared to the dollar that has been frequent in recent years. He also cited the adoption of taxes on value added (VAT) that act as export rates and subsidies, dumping (below cost prices), export subsidies and other governmental subsidies.
Other “cheating”, according to Trump, are agricultural protection standards (such as the prohibition of genetically modified corn in the European Union), technical standards (such as Japan bowling ball tests), falsification, piracy and intellectual property – with loss of more than $ 1 trillion per year – and finally overflowing, to avoid [escrita em letras maiúsculas] tariffs !!! ”.
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