Australia’s top exporting state calls for reset in China ties
Australia’s biggest exporting state on Tuesday urged Canberra to stop antagonising China, the country’s top trade partner, in remarks that came amid escalating criticism of Beijing led by the United States, Australia’s main ally.
U.S. forming expert groups on safely lifting global travel restrictions
The Biden administration is forming expert working groups with Canada, Mexico, the European Union and the United Kingdom to determine how best to safely restart travel after 15 months of pandemic restrictions, a White House official said on Tuesday.
Tech giants and tax havens targeted by historic G7 deal
The United States, Britain and other large, rich nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to squeeze more money out of multinational companies such as Amazon and Google and reduce their incentive to shift profits to low-tax offshore havens. Hundreds of billions of dollars could flow into the coffers of governments left cash-strapped by the […]
Explainer: What is a global minimum tax and what will it mean?
Finance Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations reached a landmark accord on Saturday backing the creation of a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15%, an agreement that could then form the basis of a worldwide deal.
UK’s Sunak says world is watching as G7 debates tax reform
Britain said the world was relying on a gathering of some of the richest nations to agree reforms to outdated global tax rules, as finance ministers from the Group of Seven started a two-day meeting in London on Friday.
EXCLUSIVE UK’s Sunak says U.S. plan to break global tax deadlock could work
British finance minister Rishi Sunak said a U.S. proposal to focus on the world’s 100 biggest and most profitable firms as part of a global tax deal could work but he insisted that big tech firms must pay more tax in countries where they operate.
Climate finance targets top agenda for this week’s G7 meetings
Targets for climate finance and girls’ education will top the agenda at a meeting this week of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies, this year’s chair Britain said on Sunday. The London summit will be the first attended in person by G7 foreign ministers for two years. Britain has also invited representatives […]
