deregulation

They say economic conditions next year will see the benefit from growth-positive factors like tax cuts and deregulation, as opposed to growth-negative policies currently weighing on activity like tariffs and government job cuts.

An S&D official accused the EPP of "teaming up with the far right to abuse simplification as a smokescreen to push through a dangerous agenda of uncontrolled deregulation".

In addition, reductions in labor unionization, increased globalization, deregulation, lower corporate taxation and technological advances, have all helped the corporate sector to capture an ever-greater share of economic growth.

But the tariffs are doing economic damage by raising costs for consumers and businesses and by dampening animal spirits that should be soaring with his tax bill and deregulation.

He cut tens of thousands of public sector jobs, froze public works, cut spending on health, education and pensions, and led a major deregulation drive.