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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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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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2 Dec 19
Campaigners have called out the ‘silicon six’ internet and tech companies for not paying what they estimate is more than $100.2bn of corporation tax since 2010.
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9 Oct 19
The new head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that a coordinated fiscal response may be needed in the face of a “synchronised slowdown” in the world economy.
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20 Sep 19
Global growth will slow to 2.9% in 2019 and 3% in 2020 because of the trade war between China and the US, and uncertainty caused by the UK’s departure from the EU.
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19 Sep 19
The value of bonds in Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company have fallen following attacks on the organisation’s facilities.
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19 Sep 19
The UK faces “extreme difficulty” in getting trade deals after Brexit unless it owns up to its colonial past and makes ‘soft reparations’, an international lawyer told an audience at the Institute...
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12 Sep 19
Wealth created in the digital economy is “highly concentrated” in the US and China, with the rest of the world – especially Latin America and Africa – trailing “considerably far behind”, the United...
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16 Jul 19
An unexpected slowdown in Singapore has reinforced fears about the impact of trade tensions on the global economy.
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26 Jun 19
Economic leaders at this year’s G20 Summit must support investment in using nature to tackle issues such as climate change, say conservation finance experts Margaret Kuhlow and Andrew Deutz....
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25 Jun 19
Russia has agreed with a clutch of leading investors, port operators and mining corporations to jointly develop the ambitious $11bn Northern Sea Route.
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14 Jun 19
A fund has been created to ensure that at least 320 million more Africans – nearly 60% of them women – have access to digital financial services.
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13 May 19
Critics of the country’s progressive president were quick to react to a short-term setback while ignoring the bigger picture, writes Gavin O’Toole.
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25 Apr 19
The global economy is suffering from uncertainty with growth stalling last year, and rising inequality leading to eroding trust in international institutions.
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7 Mar 19
Growth in Europe is slowing much more than expected as policy uncertainty continues – including over Brexit – and could pose a threat to the global economy, the OECD has warned.
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15 Feb 19
US senators have put forward a bill that would impose new sanctions on Russia over its alleged meddling in US elections and its stance on Ukraine.
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7 Feb 19
The ongoing trade row between China and the US could have a hugely negative impact on both countries, the United Nations has warned.
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29 Jan 19
A lack of political will on climate change poses a “systemic threat” to the global economy, the head of the United Nations has warned.
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15 Jan 19
The new president of Brazil has said he wants “bilateral trade with the entire world”, ahead of the annual economic forum in the Swiss alps.
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11 Jan 19
China has said talks with the US this week “laid the foundations” to resolve the ongoing trade war.
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14 Dec 18
China could cut tariffs on US-made cars to 15% from the current 40%, undoing the import duty hike it introduced this summer.
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4 Dec 18
The world’s most powerful economies have agreed to improve the global trading system as US president Donald Trump delays Chinese tariffs.
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1 Aug 18
India and Germany have today signed an agreement for €653.7m to continue their partnership with a focus on improving urban development and renewable energy around the world.
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16 Jul 18
A trade deal between the UK and the US will “absolutely be possible”, president Donald Trump has said in a news conference with the British prime minister.
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4 Jun 18
The richest countries in the world spend more than $100bn a year on subsidies to support oil, coal and gas, a study has found.