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米オバマ大統領、主要企業CEOに提案 法人税率引き下げ、温暖化対策で妥協する可能性
Obama Makes Overtures for Cooperation of CEOs (WSJ.com)
WASHINGTON -- In his most aggressive outreach yet to the business community, President Barack Obama told some of the nation's leading CEOs that he is ready to talk about lowering corporate income-tax rates and could compromise on his plan to combat global warming.
Speaking for more than an hour Thursday to the Business Roundtable, a chief executives organization, Mr. Obama made it clear he wants the business community's cooperation to secure his agenda of expanding the federal role in education, overhauling health care and transforming the energy sector.
Pressed on his proposal to rein in the indefinite deferral of corporate taxes on overseas earnings, Mr. Obama said he would be willing to consider lowering the 35% corporate tax rate as he closes other business-tax loopholes. "That's a very appealing conversation to me, and I'd like to pursue it," the president said.
Business Roundtable: アメリカ大手企業のCEOが参加する経済団体
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123689161351811405.html
米アムトラック、副大統領が130億ドル支出を発表 景気対策法案に基づく
Biden Announces Stimulus Funds for Amtrak (WSJ.com)
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden, once a regular rail commuter, said Friday that $1.3 billion for Amtrak in the economic-stimulus package will go toward long-overdue infrastructure upgrades and expanded passenger rail capacity.
Speaking Friday at Union Station, Mr. Biden said $105 million will be spent to replace a 100-year-old Connecticut bridge on Amtrak's heavily traveled Northeast corridor. An additional $82 million will be used to repair old rail cars and put them back into service.
The national passenger railroad, long criticized for its reliance on government subsidies, has strong support from the Obama administration.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123696546799621521.html
欧州首脳、オバマ政権との蜜月に冷や水 財政拡大で対立
European Leaders Push Back on Obama's Calls for Aid (WSJ.com)
Ahead of a high-stakes economic meeting of the Group of 20 nations, European countries are striking an uncompromising tone toward Washington, bolstering President Barack Obama's political opponents at home and pouring some cold water on Europe's love affair with the new U.S. president.
In Berlin Thursday, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his side, French President Nicolas Sarkozy explicitly rejected Mr. Obama's push for more global fiscal stimulus, declaring, "the problem is not about spending more, but putting in place a system of regulation so that the economic and financial catastrophe that the world is seeing does not reproduce itself."
The divisions underscore that even when presidents change, some national interests don't. For continental Europe, focusing on underregulation helps deflect blame for the crisis to the more lightly governed financial markets of the U.S. and U.K. The American push for more stimulus, in turn, shifts the blame to Europe for being too slow to respond to the ongoing economic slump.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123689700452612473.html
米サマーズNEC委員長、政府の金融政策に自信 転換期は定かでない
Summers: Timing of Turnaround Is Unclear (WSJ.com)
Lawrence Summers, a top adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama, said Friday that he is confident that the administration's plan to boost growth and revive financial markets will work, though he acknowledged that the timing of a turnaround is unclear.
In what he called "the boldest economic program to promote recovery and expansion in two generations," Mr. Summers told the Brookings Institution that the administration is aggressively tackling the problem through the stimulus package, financing stability plan and efforts to support the housing market.
Separately, President Barack Obama said his administration is working to address blockages in credit markets, and create a model for sustainable long-term growth.
generation: 世代
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123695590029320001.html
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