The Republicans’ tax plans could result in a sizable chunk of the $2.6tn of earnings held overseas by US firms being repatriated. However, although the tax revenues from such a move could help to offset some of the giveaways elsewhere in the proposals, we doubt it would give the economy a major lift.
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