German economist not buying all of "the doom and gloom" from Democrats

A German economist is not buying all of "the doom and gloom" from the Democrats.    Instead, he is saying this:    

While Americans are anxiously awaiting full details of the tax bill now being finalized in Congress, German economists are warning that the changes sought by President Donald Trump mean that significant amounts of new investment and jobs will shift from Europe to the United States.
“The tax competition will have a new dimension,” said Christoph Spengel, chairman of the corporate tax department at the University of Mannheim. 
Mr. Spengel, who is also a research associate at the Center for European Economic Research, and a group of tax experts at the university have done a detailed comparison of the two countries’ tax systems and published a report under the heading, “Germany loses out in US tax reform.”
Clemens Fuest, who heads the Ifo economic think tank, also said he believed German business would suffer. 
“Investments and jobs will migrate to the US,” he said.

This is fascinating but it makes sense.    

We are not suggesting that a change in the corporate tax rate will fix every problem.    At the same time, it will bring investment and jobs to the US.

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