899 - The chief effects would be to weaken the dollar
Three numbers are sending a spasm of concern through Wall Street: 899.
That’s the clause of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act currently before the Senate that gives the Treasury secretary the power to levy retaliatory taxes on the US investments of foreign countries that have levied “unfair taxes” on US companies.
Treasury must tell Congress each quarter which countries apply “extraterritorial and discriminatory” taxes (the EU’s digital services tax is a prime example)
It’s really likely to happen; and Future Democratic administrations might well leave it in place.
The chief effects would be to weaken the dollar
John Authers Bloomberg 3 June 2025
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