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The Tholos Foundation has sent a formal letter to Vietnamese government leaders addressing prohibitions on the importation and sale of alternative nicotine delivery systems that are less harmful than their combustible counterparts. While protecting youth and public health is essential, the letter explains that trade barriers achieve these goals at immense economic cost, often fail […]

The Zucman Proposed Global Wealth Tax Would Cost Up to 20 million Jobs, $100 billion in labor income, and $800 Billion in Global GDP in the first 10 years, then get worse A major new macroeconomic analysis finds that a coordinated 2% global minimum tax on billionaire wealth—proposed by economist Gabriel Zucman and commissioned by the […]

The Poland-based Warsaw Enterprise Institute released the sixth edition of the annual Wealth of Nations Index (Index). The WNI measures the economic prosperity of nearly 40 more developed countries according to private sector spending per capita and the Public Expenditure Value Index in each nation. The WEI is a global partner of the Tholos Foundation […]

Even though Canada withdrew its Digital Services Tax last year, it continues to add digital trade barriers causing it to rise to the top half of most restrictive countries on the Trade Barrier Index. Canada imposed the Online News Act and Streaming Act, a thorn in the side of U.S.- Canada trade relations, it now plans to impose the Bill C-22 Lawful Access Act that would require digital service suppliers to spy for the government.   The bill had its first reading […]

President Trump should remind Prime Minister Albanese that, since the U.S. is a key ally to Australia in the Indo-Pacific, taking aim at U.S. commerce would damage the bilateral relationship and weaken security ties in the region. After all, extortion is no way to treat a friend.

On March 16th Americans for Tax Reform and the Tholos Foundation hosted a Capitol Hill event to present a major new report on the growing threat of Digital Services Taxes (DSTs) to American businesses and taxpayers. The event, held at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, featured ATR President Grover Norquist, Rep. Ron Estes, Dr. Barbara […]

Americans for Tax Reform and the Tholos Foundation mourn the passing of Dan Grossman, a towering champion of liberty and former Chairman of the Atlas Network, whose quiet leadership and steadfast generosity shaped the free-market movement for decades. Dan was not someone who sought the spotlight. Instead, he devoted his time, resources, and extraordinary judgment […]

According to a leaked European Commission report obtained by Euractiv, Brussels has come up with yet another plan to slug the poorest in society with even more taxes. Faced with chronic mismanagement of its own finances and a widening budget shortfall, the Commission’s solution is not to cut wasteful spending but to expand highly regressive […]

Madrid, España – Una nueva encuesta de la consultora internacional Dynata revela una abrumadora oposición entre los consumidores españoles a la prohibición de facto de las bolsas de nicotina propuesta por el gobierno. Las propuestas del gobierno español incluyen limitar la nicotina de las bolsas a 0,99 mg y prohibir todos los sabores excepto el […]

The Spanish government has proposed regulation to nicotine pouches that effectively amounts to a de facto ban and negatively impacts their acceptability among smokers, as a realistic alternative to cigarettes. The proposals include limiting nicotine to 0.99 mg per pouch and banning all flavors except tobacco. A new poll commissioned by the Tholos Foundation and […]