Still, 2000, he little bit of a base there. Coming on the program, we will speak with the Deutsche Bank chief International Strategist. Ceo, it Bookings Holdings on the state of travel. President trump considering a move he decided against last september, cutting the gains tax after saying it would not do enough to help the middleclass. Will hear about that in the upcoming few weeks and i think it will be exciting. Gains tax will be, a lot of people put to work, and a cut in the Capital Gains tax. Talks are stalling out between republicans and democrats. I want to bring in our Bloomberg Contributor for more. Little bit of deja vu. We heard this is in september 2017, he started to warm up to the idea and then reversed course, saying it would not help lower and middle classes. Into thousand 18, they briefly considered something along the lines. A bit of deja vu. I am not terribly surprised. As much as President Trump has moved away from the idea, he has indicated he could change his mind
Florida. I recognize the gentleman from north dakota for five minutes. Bezos, my colleagues brought up they were discussing thirdparty sellers this policy specifically noted possible loopholes that allow amazon to review nonpublic and aggregate data to inform private rams even in instances where there are only a few thirdparty sellers. Where exactly does amazon draw the line . Data would bee more than one seller . The person seeing the report would have no way of knowing how rs are inside that group or what the breakdown would be between those sellers. That is different from a list or product ranking which we do make public. Does amazon allow the use of aggregate data to inform private label amazon brands when there only a few sellers for a product . Does amazon look at i could dictate up when there are only two sellers of a product . Yes, sir. Isand my correct amazon conducting an internal investigation on the use of thirdparty data . Are basically trying to understand some of the ane
Industry. They took questions about the use of thirdparty seller data and allegations of anticonservative bias. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Welcome to todays hearing on marketing power. Amazon, apple, facebook, and google. I would like to remind members we have established a distribution list dedicated to circulating specific motions or other written materials members might want as part of our hearing today. If you would like to submit materials, submit them to the email address distributed to your offices. We will circulate materials as quickly as we can. Thatld also remind members face coverings are required for all meetings in an enclosed space such as Committee Hearings. I expect all members on both sides of the aisle to wear a mask except when you are speaking. I recognize myself for an opening bateman Opening Statement. This committee launched an investigation into Digital Markets to document compe
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