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Business Matters: Retailers Attack Proposed US Border Tax

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Retailers Attack Proposed US Border Tax

22/03/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Retailers Attack Proposed US Border Tax

National Retail Federation to meet with Congress on Wednesday to try and kill border tax.

A significant plan on tax reform is coming from the Trump Administration. Border Adjustment Tax (BAT) would be paid on goods imported into America and is meant to even out imbalances in money flows across borders. But the National Retail Federation says the BAT would kill jobs and increase costs on everyday necessities. Their leaders meet with Congress on Wednesday to try and kill BAT. We speak to their Senior Vice President for Government Relations, David French.

Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon said today that the country's future should be decided by the people who live there rather than having it "imposed upon us". But what would Scotland's economic prospects be if the country voted to go it alone? Roger Bootle, Chairman of Capital Economics tells us the UK's future should not be decided on the basis of the Brexit vote.

Back in the eighteenth century gin didn't have a good reputation in Britain. It was nicknamed 'mother's ruin' because of the disastrous effects of the alcoholic drink on the family and the wider economy. But fast forward to the 21st century and gin is rising in popularity and cost, as Mike Johnson reports.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show. Jyoti Malhotra, Senior Journalist and President, South Asian Women in Media, in Delhi and Adam Allington, of Marketplace in Washington.

(Photo: a line of cargo trucks crosses from the Mexico to the US. Credit: Getty Images.)

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