Border tax cancelled!

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/united-states-border-tax-proposal-1.4224780

>A Republican proposal in the House of Representatives to institute a border tax on imported items has been killed, party leaders said on Thursday, saying they did so as part of a tax overhaul deal struck between congressional and administration negotiators.
>The border adjustment tax was meant to discourage U.S. companies from manufacturing products overseas and then importing them back into the United States for sale.
>"While we have debated the pro-growth benefits of border adjustability, we appreciate that there are many unknowns associated with it and have decided to set this policy aside in order to advance tax reform," the "Big Six" Republican tax negotiators said in a joint statement.
>The Big Six is comprised of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, the head of the National Economic Council — both representing President Donald Trump - House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the heads of the two tax-writing committees in Congress, Senator Orrin Hatch and Representative Kevin Brady.

What did they mean by this?