It’s all getting very taxing.
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Estonia and Hungary are arguing that EU member states cannot legally implement the OECD agreement on corporation tax.
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The EU is cracking down on pay secrecy, as the pandemic exacerbates gender inequalities.
A less militarised approach could lead to greater security in the region.
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The over-militarisation of the crisis across the Sahel region has done little to foster stability.
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Rooibos tea is the first African product to receive EU protected designation. What does this mean for the region where it’s grown?
Not all tax havens come with fancy resorts and sun-drenched beaches.
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The G-7 wants to set a minimum global tax rate, which would make it harder for countries to act as tax havens.
The UK’s secretary of state for international trade, Liz Truss chairs a CPTPP head of mission roundtable, July 2020.
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The CPTPP probably won’t invigorate post-Brexit Britain economically, and it could even be dangerous, geopolitically speaking.
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International trade policy is back in British politicians’ hands.
Two members of the G-7 exchange an elbow bump.
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The G-7 nations, which include the US and UK, form the foundation of the modern global economy.
Protesters took to the streets in Poland to protest the country’s crackdown on abortion access.
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Some countries made abortion access easier during the pandemic. Others used it as an excuse for a crackdown.
A ground crew member transports the COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX at Bole international airport in Addis Ababa.
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The inefficient vaccine allocation rules currently in place must be replaced by new cooperative institutional structures and more concrete steps by the Group of Twenty (G20) countries.
Who is looking over your shoulder, Angela?
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The European nation allowed the NSA to collect data on its EU partners from undersea cables.
Facebook’s data centre in Clonee, Ireland.
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Ireland is under pressure to investigate, and potentially fine, Facebook for alleged data breaches under GDPR.
Biden is expected to confront Russian leader Vladimir Putin (center) over his stalwart backing of Europe’s last dictator, Alexander Lukashenko (left).
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Some tension was inevitable at the June 16 US-Russia summit. But Vladimir Putin’s defiant support for Belarus’s rogue regime now pits him harder against the West.
Global governance of artificial intelligence is necessary to regulate AI industries.
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The new EU regulation is about to change the way we do artificial intelligence. The United Nations needs to follow suit.
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New European laws aimed at regulating trade in human milk products could be used to target person-to-person sharing of milk for babies.
Citrus orchards in South Africa. Kenyans buying South African oranges pay a heavy price due to import duties.
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The African Continental Free Trade Area is the largest in the world. The World Bank sees it as a means of lifting 30 million people out of extreme poverty. But will it?
Protestors in Poland wear Belarusian flags and hold up signs saying 'we need action'.
Economic measures are the preferred choice for a country or countries hoping to show they are taking action in a time of international crisis.
Factories like this one in Serbia will have to pay carbon duties to export to EU in future.
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In setting new tax on the carbon emissions of goods being imported into the bloc, there are two potential disasters for EU to avoid.
By the end of April, 19 EU member states, including France, had approved the text paving the way for the launch of the recovery plan.
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National procedures for approving the financing of the European recovery plan are delaying its implementation. But the horizon seems to be clearing.
Trade partnerships rarely work in the West African region.
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EU trade partnership is more important to some African countries than regional or continental trade.