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"We’re working with G20 nations to agree to a global minimum corporate tax rate that can stop the race to the bottom," says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in remarks to the Chicago Council of Global Affairs think tank. SOUNDBITE
Venice, Jul 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) The French Minister of Economy, Bruno Le Maire, said on Friday in Venice that he will ask the finance ministers and governors of the G20 central banks to agree on a global minimum tax for companies bigger than 15%.FOOTAGE OF THE ARRIVAL AT THE G20 MEETING OF THE FRENCH MINISTER OF FINANCE, BRUNO LE MAIRE.SOUNDBITESTRANSLATION "France accepted that the minimum corporate tax was at least 15% in the final G7 declaration. We want this minimum corporate tax rate to be higher than 15%, that will be the position that I will defend here today."
Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak hails a "historic agreement" by G7 finance ministers meeting in London to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent. SOUNDBITE
These are the Bermuda offices of Appleby law firm, a company specializing in legal finance which was implicated in helping corporate giants like Apple avoid paying taxes overseas following the leak of the so-called 'Paradise Papers.' The 'Paradise Papers' reveal that Appelby helped tech giant Apple avoid paying billions in taxes by setting up a legal entity on the Channel Island of Jersey in a secret arrangement to find ways to avoid paying corporate tax.
The multinational technology company Apple has been ordered to repay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in tax benefits back to the Republic of Ireland due to an "illegal" breach of EU state aid rules, confirmed European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager from Brussels, Tuesday.
Soaring inflation in the eurozone meant the European Central Bank would soon have to bring an end to its long-standing policy of negative interest rates, the head of the German central bank says. SOUNDBITE of Bundesbank chief Joachim Nagel
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