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Cspans q a. This week on newsmakers, neil bradley, the chief policy officer and executive Vice President of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Thank you very much for being here. Neil thanks for having me. Greta we still we also have with us Jeanna Smialek with the New York Times and chris with rugaber with associated press. Chris. Chris lets talk about trade. 40 of the fortune 500 has complained on earning calls and so forth about the impact of President Trumps tariffs on chinese imports and other items. How big an impact, how much is this hurting companies . I am interested how you may compare it to the benefits of the tax cut in 2017, which reduced rates on business. Have these tariffs got into a point where there almost offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil ....
Point where there almost offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil they are certainly dampening the benefit of the tax cut. There are two aspects of the tariffs on business that are impacting business. The first is the tariffs already in place and are at cost. The second is uncertainty of additional tariffs. That is playing out over the next several months with respect to china and even automobiles, with respect to tariffs on automobiles. And if you are running a company by the way, not just Large Companies if you run a company, you have difficult y planning, because you dont know the cost of goods you are buying to either sell to consumers in the United States or the cost of something you are making in the United States. That is a real problem. The other side of that is not just tariffs on our imports, it is tariffs ....
The joint costs of raising a child. The hearing is over two hours. Good afternoon. Thank you for being here to join us for this hearing of the joint economic hearing committee. The American Economy is thriving. The current expansion is the longest in history. Unemployment has remained below 4 over the last 18 months. We have seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. , notwithstanding the successes, for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive. The New York Times recently reported that based on the survey adults between the ages who are parents or plan to be, they discovered interesting trends. Childrenur had fewer or expected they would have fewer children than they expected to be within the range of ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons, that they fell short or believed in the future they fell sho ....