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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw999dwp313o
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The risk of soaring Chinese electric car prices in the EU could be easing after both sides agreed to negotiate a planned series of import taxes.Top officials from both regions spoke about the tariffs on a call on Saturday and agreed to discuss them further, though frictions remain.The call marks...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/china-ev-electric-vehicle-tariff-poilievre-freeland-1.7293419?cmp=rss
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Cbc
Now that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party have joined the chorus calling for more action against Chinese imports, a key decision facing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland this month just got a little easier.Cross-party consensus on the wisdom of lining up with the Biden...
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https://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2024/09/airasias-free-seat-sale-is-back/
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Ttrweekly
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 September 2024: Travellers have to be on their toes to grab AirAsia's latest fare bargains by the closing date of 8 September after the airline's signature FREE* Seat campaign on 10 million seats got underway at the weekend. The fare deals cover flights to 130 destinations in Asia, Australia and beyond.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/deloitte/2024/08/14/navigating-the-future-insights-on-global-tax-policy-and-digitalization/
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Forbes
The pace and scope of tax policy change can be a challenge to the best of us. Deloitte's newly published report — The Future in Focus - gives timely insights into how tax and finance leaders globally are responding, and where they need to focus next. Drawing on the Global Tax Policy Survey of...
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When refugees become pawns in geopolitical power plays, borders blur, tensions rise, and human lives hang in the balance.
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/06/21/government-considers-incentives-to-help-dublin-stock-exchange-after-loss-of-big-hitters/
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Irishtimes
The Government is keen to help the stock exchange in Dublin "recover" from several high-profile exits and a paucity of new flotations in recent years and is examining if it can introduce tax incentives to boost activity, according to Neale Richmond, Minister of State for with responsibility for...
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-jd-vance-foreign-policy-rcna162608
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PARIS — All of the world's worst people must have loved JD Vance's speech Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee and must be taking great comfort in the plan to push America into a new and profoundly isolationist direction. If the U.S., as Vance proposes, retracts from Europe and much of its traditional activities abroad and, not to mention, erects new barriers to commerce and the free exchange of ideas, it would create a vacuum ready to be filled.
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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/06/21/mega-hungary-channels-trump-vows-to-make-europe-great-again-with-eu-presidency/
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Breitbart
The Hungarian government appears to have taken a cue from former President Donald Trump as it is set to take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union, vowing to "Make Europe Great Again". Budapest has unveiled its agenda as it prepares to take over the rotating presidency on July 1st until the end of the year.
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/india-raises-windfall-tax-on-petroleum-crude/articleshow/111411867.cms
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Economictimes
The Indian government has raised the windfall tax on petroleum crude to Rs 6,000 per metric ton from Rs 3,250, with effect from July 2, according to a notification issued on Monday. The tax is reviewed every fortnight. Starting in July 2022, India began taxing crude oil production and the export...
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http://ktemoc.blogspot.com/2024/08/oecd-moots-gradual-return-of-gst-for.html
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PUTRAJAYA, Aug 27 — Malaysia should seriously consider bringing back the goods and services tax (GST) to increase its revenue, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in its report on Malaysia released today. The OECD Survey of Malaysia 2024 noted that the country's current tax system contributes only 12 per cent to the economy and suggested that the government explore ways to boost revenue since its spending, including on subsidies, eats up 3.5 per cent of the GDP.
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https://fortune.com/2024/06/18/chinese-government-launches-retaliatory-pork-probe/
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Fortune
Just days after the European Union said it plans to impose provisional tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, the Chinese government has taken aim at European farmers, not automakers, by launching an investigation into EU pork imports.
The Commerce Ministry didn't mention the EV tariffs when...
The Commerce Ministry didn't mention the EV tariffs when...
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https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=9702275&oldid=9695365&title=Singapore
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Simple
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign country as well as a city-state. It is an island state at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula in Asia, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. Singapore is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles)...
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https://cepa.org/article/polish-tech-grand-ambitions-on-a-shaky-foundation/
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Cepa
US and Asian investments are pouring into Poland. However, the country must still overcome large hurdles to become a tech leader.
Intel is investing $4.6 billion in a Polish chip factory. Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud are expanding. They follow Asian semiconductor companies,...
Intel is investing $4.6 billion in a Polish chip factory. Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud are expanding. They follow Asian semiconductor companies,...
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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/margrethe-vestager-steps-down/
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Techrepublic
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/chargenet-opens-nzs-largest-charging-hub-in-tauranga-pushes-ufb-model/3D7UIJUJSFAOJDN6NWSSDZ3UKQ/
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Nzherald
The latter will give the average EV some 400km of range in half an hour, she says. (That might still sound slow to petrol vehicle owners, but it's a leap on the 12 to 24 hours it takes to trickle-charge at home).ChargeNet has more chargers than all of its rivals combined, Wypych told the Herald....
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https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/supernormal-returns-tax-policy-debates/
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Taxfoundation
Key Findings
Businesses invest now to earn future returns. For an investment to be worthwhile, it must at least "break even," providing a risk-free return that covers the cost of capital, time, and inflationInflation is when the general price of goods and services increases across the economy,...
Businesses invest now to earn future returns. For an investment to be worthwhile, it must at least "break even," providing a risk-free return that covers the cost of capital, time, and inflationInflation is when the general price of goods and services increases across the economy,...
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https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/asia_technology_news_weekly_roundup/
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Theregister
The interim CEO of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has criticized China's approach to bug reporting. In a (paywalled) interview with Japan's Nikkei, NCSC COO and interim CEO Felicity Oswald was asked for her assessment of China's cyber capabilities and potential risks, in the wake of the leak of personal data at the UK's Ministry of Defence.
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https://www.constructionbriefing.com/news/five-of-the-biggest-canal-construction-projects-in-the-world/8033700.article
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Constructionbriefing
Climate change - and the problems associated with it - is leading to a new age of canal building around the world, with a number of countries embarking on ambitious new waterway construction projects not seen for the last half century.
A cargo ship in the Panama Canal. Image: Searegan via Adobe...
A cargo ship in the Panama Canal. Image: Searegan via Adobe...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/us/politics/trump-trade-tariffs-imports.html
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Nytimes
In March 2018, a day after announcing sweeping tariffs on metals imported from America's allies and adversaries alike, President Donald J. Trump took to social media to share one of his central economic philosophies: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win."As president, Mr. Trump presided over the...
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https://a16zcrypto.com/when-is-decentralizing-on-a-blockchain-valuable/
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A16zcrypto
Decentralizing a business using a blockchain can be beneficial when there is a strong locked-in effect. Locked-in effects occur when it's hard for a user to leave a network after they have joined, due to switching costs and other factors like network effects that give large networks significant advantages. Decentralization through blockchain allows businesses to generate credible commitment, surrendering control over monetization decisions to users by enabling them to decide it through decentralized governance. This means that users can safely join the network because they aren’t worried about it being exploited later, even if they do get locked in. Furthermore, decentralization can help companies avoid the temptation of exploiting locked-in users to increase profits and instead incentivize them with compensation such as no or very little advertisement during the growth phase of the network. When taken together, all of these considerations point towards decentralization as an attractive option for businesses who experience strong locked-in effects. To read more, use the button below to open the original external article.
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https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/2163601/made-china-2025-beijings-plan-hi-tech-dominance-big-threat
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South China Morning Post
The ‘Made in China 2025’ plan aims to break China’s reliance on foreign technology and pull its hi-tech industries up to Western levels. But it has become a lightning rod for Washington’s ire in its trade war with Beijing. This article – the first in a series on the plan – explains how it became the centre of so much attention.
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https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/ireland-proposed-foreign-dividend-tax-exemption-approach
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Pinsentmasons
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