Did you hear the name of the Act that Trump proposes? [View all]

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The Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act. FART Act. This is from the Guardian, don't think it's a troll.

'It stinks': report of Trump's Fart Act blows through Washington

Leaked draft of a new bill reportedly suggests America abandons WTO rules and replaces them with an oddly-named new act

A report that Donald Trump is looking to walk away from the World Trade Organisation and instead adopt a United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act, or Fart Act, has been greeted with loud amusement on Twitter.

Axios reported that it had received a leaked early draft of a bill ordered by the president, that would see America take the unlikely step of abandoning WTO rules, allowing Trump to raise tariffs without the consent of Congress.

The bill – the existence of which has not been independently confirmed – would be a dramatic shift in trade policy with wide-reaching impacts, but it was the name of the proposed bill that caught people’s attention.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/02/trump-fart-act-report-blows-through-washington