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21 Jan 20
France and the US “will work together” to avoid a trade war over the French decision to introduce a digital tax last summer, Emmanuel Macron has said.
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21 Jan 20
The UK government will no longer use foreign aid to fund the global coal industry, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
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21 Jan 20
The global tax system needs to be reformed to help address huge levels of inequality, a campaign group has said.
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17 Jan 20
Growth in China’s economy slowed last year to its weakest level since 1990, as the long trade war with the US continued to bite.
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15 Jan 20
How can local government ensure that it rides the wave of change rather than being engulfed by the fourth industrial revolution?
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15 Jan 20
A UN official has blasted the Lebanese government for watching the economy collapse, amid a political and financial crisis that has lasted for months.
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14 Jan 20
The EU runs a trade surplus with itself of more than €300bn, a number that should be zero, and measurement errors alone are not a sufficient explanation, researchers have warned.
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10 Jan 20
The global economy will grow slightly faster in 2020 than it did last year, the World Bank said as it announced its growth projection of 2.5%.
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9 Jan 20
Burdensome debts are forcing poor countries to cut public spending - a situation campaigners have described as a “recipe for disaster”.
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8 Jan 20
A coalition of progressive parties will form Spain’s new government after nearly a year of political stalemate.
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8 Jan 20
Progressive taxation is one of several measures that could help reduce the inequality that has become entrenched in society worldwide, argues IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva.
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7 Jan 20
Protesters against George Weah’s Liberian government gathered in the capital yesterday, with demonstrators angry at his handling of the struggling economy.
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7 Jan 20
Ireland’s highest ever corporation tax yield has been welcomed by its finance minister, but he warned that an over-reliance on one revenue source must be avoided.
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20 Dec 19
Poor countries’ debt reached a record $55trn in 2018, after the fastest surge in nearly 50 years, a World Bank study has found.
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18 Dec 19
Finnish economic growth is expected to slow in the next few years as public finances weaken, according to the government’s economists.
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16 Dec 19
The trade war between the US and China appears to have cooled, with a ‘phase one’ agreement having been agreed by both countries.
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12 Dec 19
The US economy will stand “on firmer ground” in 2020 than it did this year, experts at Goldman Sachs have predicted.
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9 Dec 19
China has urged its local authorities to introduce more measures to boost employment and job creation.
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9 Dec 19
The managing director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva has hailed Ukraine’s “impressive” economic progress and approved a $5.5bn loan over three years.
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4 Dec 19
Ireland is on track for record corporation tax receipts this year, although the finance minister has warned the surge will not last forever.
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3 Dec 19
The US is likely to hit France with new tariffs on products including cheese and champagne to retaliate against the European country’s tax on ‘internet giants’, such as Google and Facebook.
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28 Nov 19
The US is preparing to announce whether authorities plan to take any action in response to a French tax on internet giants, such as Google and Facebook.
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27 Nov 19
Global governments must reform their pension systems to accommodate for a growing number of workers that are self-employed or who are in temporary and part time work, the OECD has said.
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27 Nov 19
The international community has had “unprecedented success” fighting offshore tax evasion in the last 10 years, the OECD has said.
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27 Nov 19
Children in Mexico will be taught ‘fiscal citizenship’ in a scheme the government hopes will promote taxpaying as a social responsibility.