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Extraordinary scenes on US TV right now - right outside the White House - just before Trump Rose Garden statement, military police start firing tear gas rounds and flashbangs at protesters with their hands up, to try and clear them out... mounted police charging..
Clearing the way for a visit to the church across the road from the WH....

President says he invokes the 1807 Insurrection Act to deploy “land force” to suppress insurrection in the US
Also Potus specifically mentioned “protecting Second amendment rights” - ie the right to bear arms
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Merkel’s Grand Coalition is announcing massive German economic stimulus package worth 4% of GDP

-3% VAT cut effective end of the month till year end, car purchase incentives, investment incentives, aid to local authorities.

Seriously ups ante for similar here.
Here is the rationale for the German VAT cut - bring forward household spending, incentivise use of households who have extra savings from lockdown...
Auto stimulus policy will give €9000 subsidy for car buyers - but only electrics - not petrol/ diesel. Germans trying to deploy this massive stimulus while keeping to green transition...

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US Trade Rep launches Section 301 investigation into UK tech tax” among other digital services taxes to determine if unreasonable, discriminatory, or restrictive of US commerce... start of process that could lead to punitive tariffs (eg with France)
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HM Treasury responds: “always been clear that our preference is for a global solution”
The strange thing here was that this was all supposed to be on hold while oecd searches for global solution... but follows on from Davos where US Treasury Sec suggested tariffs on car companies if UK levied a DST with then Chancellor next to him...
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colleague @TomBurridgebbc is following quarantine story - which has taken an interesting turn yday with statement from Spanish tourism minister - “British data still has to improve... as soon as epidemiological situation in UK improves, Spain will be ready with same hospitality”
But Tom reported tonight having spoken to the Portuguese minister that chances of an “airbridge” look better there, right now.
Lewis found this from the Czechs - Brits and swedes will have to be tested as from “red” countries
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