Congress abandons border adjustment

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Border adjustment is officially dead as part of Republicans’ tax plan.

Congressional Republican leadership and the Trump administration said Thursday afternoon that the idea of adjusting corporate taxes at the border won’t be part of their planned tax code overhaul, abandoning the idea in order to build momentum for the legislative effort.

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