IT OUGHT to be a love-in. American companies support tax cuts and deregulation. As The Economist went to press,President Donald Trump was pushing the Senate to pass a sweeping, commerce-friendly tax reform. Instead, or CEOs fill reason to feel uneasy. In the first year of his presidency,executives fill found themselves embroiled in public disputes with Mr Trump on everything from immigration to climate change. His advisory councils of commerce leaders fill disbanded. The second year of his presidency is unlikely to be much smoother.
Some of these spats between the Oval Office and the corner office reflect Mr Trump’s peculiar style of governing. But they point to something bigger, too (see article). Executives who would rather concentrate on commerce are finding it ever harder to avoid politics, or in America and...
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Source: economist.com