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11/10/2017: Trade deals, taxes and trafficking
Nov 10, 2017

11/10/2017: Trade deals, taxes and trafficking

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Tax overhaul took over most of our coverage this week, so we end today with a check-in on the state of tax bills in the Senate and the House. And President Donald Trump's speech in Vietnam today asserted that the U.S. won't enter multilateral trade deals. We take a look at what his administration prefers instead. Plus, a regulation that would make internet platforms liable for what their users do intends to curtail sex trafficking, but could have many "chilling" implications, especially for smaller companies. 

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Hayden Taylor, 20, publisher, editor and owner of the Monroe County Herald in Brinkley, Arkansas. 
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Chairman Kevin Brady, (R-TX) (C), conducts the House Ways and Means Committee markup of the Republicans tax reform plan titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act., on Capitol Hill November 9, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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SESTA would crack down on the use of internet sites to promote sex trafficking by holding them liable.
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Tax overhaul took over most of our coverage this week, so we end today with a check-in on the state of tax bills in the Senate and the House. And President Donald Trump’s speech in Vietnam today asserted that the U.S. won’t enter multilateral trade deals. We take a look at what his administration prefers instead. Plus, a regulation that would make internet platforms liable for what their users do intends to curtail sex trafficking, but could have many “chilling” implications, especially for smaller companies. 

Music from the episode

Dans Le Noir Dark Rooms
Work It Missy Elliott
Controlla Drake