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America’s trade gap soared under Trump, final figures show POLITICO 2/5/2021 By Doug Palmer © Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP Former President Donald Trump’s tariffs also imposed higher costs on businesses and consumers. The U.S. trade deficit over the four years of President Donald Trump’s presidency soared to its highest level since 2008, despite his tough tariff tactics intended to bring it down, a new Commerce Department report showed on Friday. Popular Searches The combined U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased to $679 billion in 2020, compared to $48...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press More than 100 licensed cannabis companies and their subsidiaries have received tens of millions of dollars in payments from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, raising new questions about the policy intentions of the program and whether it meant to subsidize a sector that was already in ...

Michael Smart: To boost fairness, productivity and government revenue, tax capital gains

Print I have to admit, I'm a little late to the party on this one, as the academic research publication, "The Poverty of the Carless: Toward Universal Auto Access," by professors David King of Arizona State University, Michael Smart of Rutgers and Michael Manville of UCLA came out about 18 or so months ago. But in reviewing it again recently, some facts still resonate. An article in Automotive News ("Self-driving startup tackles food deserts," Sept. 14) prompted me to think that the more light that is shown on studies such as "The Poverty of the Carless," the better, and that this academic t...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Thousands of companies that are part of large corporate groups with deep pockets have tapped into the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy program, demonstrating that the coronavirus aid program is poorly targeted and has spent billions of dollars unnecessarily, says an analysis of recipient data. The federal government has pointed to ...