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1 – 9 of 9In some ways Trump has been a traditional Republican president, lowering taxes and pushing deregulation. Yet he has taken trade and foreign policy in a new direction, with mixed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257057
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UNITED STATES: Cities will hike taxes to fund pensions
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES205565
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Under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) passed by the US Congress earlier this year, the oversight board can set the island’s fiscal…
This follows the 116th Congress’s swearing-in on January 3, heralding a Democratic House majority and Nancy Pelosi's second term as House speaker. It also follows the January 4…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241002
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Fiscal pressures are causing controversy in Puerto Rico, but so too is fiscal policy-making. On July 5, Governor Ricardo Rossello announced that he would seek a court injunction…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236100
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The announcement would mark the largest subnational bankruptcy in US history, with Puerto Rico facing debt obligations of 73 billion dollars from an array of public entities and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB220641
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Prospects for US politics to end-2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244374
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Among the cases the Court will consider in its first two months is one questioning the validity of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board and another affecting waterborne…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB246485
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Prospects for US politics in 2017.