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Tax matters: Trump 2.0 - the intersection of US tax and trade policy
The second Trump administration has made numerous announcements on trade and tariffs, but US tax policy is increasingly woven into the discussion on international trade. This includes the possibility of retaliatory US action against “discriminatory or extraterritorial taxes” imposed by other countries.
The US House Budget Reconciliation Bill, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act", was recently passed by the House of Representatives and includes retaliatory US tax measures in response to “unfair foreign taxes” - with digital services taxes (DSTs) and the undertaxed profits rule…
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