Infrastructure

Trump’s apparent about-face on partnerships injects ‘huge question mark’ into infrastructure plan

By Josh Siegel
Published October 9, 2017 4:01am ET
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Trump’s apparent about-face on partnerships injects ‘huge question mark’ into infrastructure plan
It's too soon to know if President Trump's seemingly off-the-cuff skepticism toward public-private partnerships represents a policy shift, but key constituents of the infrastructure initiative say the comments inject uncertainty into a slow-moving process that has yet to result in the White House offering a concrete plan. | zhaojiankang

The infrastructure industry and public officials are trying to figure out how to interpret President Trump’s recent move to back off what had been a major pillar of his $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan.

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