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Are Common External Tariff levels in the EU agreed via qualified majority voting or unanimity?
Are Common External Tariff levels decided by qualified majority in the Council of Ministers?
Or are these classified as taxation and therefore need unanimous agreement?
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How many US states still prohibit transportation of alcohol across state lines without a license, even for personal use?
Apparently Ohio still prohibits transportation of alcohol (even for personal use) across its state lines, without a license ("H permit"), while Pennsylvania legalized it in 2015/2016 and ...
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Are there precedents for the EU fining the UK for undervalued Chinese imports?
With all the Brexit talks, this has become a barely noticed case, but it might be relevant for future border relations between UK and EU:
Britain faces a potential €2 billion bill from Brussels after ...
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Does the United States tax exports?
So the Trump administration has floated the idea of a 20% tariff on Mexican imports. Part of the Justification for this, was Sean Spicer's statement that (Emphasis mine)
"Our country's policy is to ...
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What prevents a large corporation from subdividing itself in order to avoid internet sales taxes? [closed]
I'm afraid I'm not overly familiar with the bill or the minutiae of it, particularly as a foreigner to US politics. From what I understand, though, US businesses trading online and with annual sales ...
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