Politically connected corporations received more exemptions from US tariffs on Chinese imports, study finds | Exemption grant process functioned as a “spoils system” rewarding political supporters and punishing opponents
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#TariffExemptions #PoliticalConnections #CorporateInfluence #TradePolicy #EconomicInequality
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Politically connected corporations received more exemptions from US tariffs on Chinese imports, study finds
Research reveals that politically connected companies were significantly more likely to receive valuable exemptions from the tariffs imposed on U.S. imports from China during the Trump administration.
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How companies quietly undercut dissent. A theory maps a common playbook to prevent stakeholder activism from gaining momentum. Companies work to convince people there’s nothing worth mobilizing over. Exxon Mobil, for example, began funding research downplaying climate change as early as the 1970s
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#ClimateDisinformation #CorporateInfluence #StakeholderActivism
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How Companies Quietly Undercut Dissent - McCombs News and Magazine
A new theory maps a common playbook to prevent stakeholder activism from gaining momentum