By Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.
President Donald Trump’s moves to streamline federal regulation and unleash infrastructure have in some ways been unprecedented.
But some developments could undermine or swamp the progress made on economic liberalization.
There is the Republicans’ stratospheric spending bill; there are trade restrictions such as those on steel and aluminum and tariffs on Chinese imports when there are targeted approaches and reasonable steps to address to “disproportionate challenges” (such as these noted by the Consumer Technology Association); there is a renewed Department of Justice push to undermine encryption that will likely backfire.
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