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UN Begins Tax Accord Talks Without the US
Hindustan Times Jaipur
|February 05, 2025
UN member states launched negotiations on Monday on a global tax accord seeking to tackle in particular evasion by wealthy individuals and businesses, but the United States promptly quit the talks.
UNITED NATIONS:
"Our mandate is clear, we must craft a framework convention that redefines fairness, transparency, equity in the international tax system," said Egyptian official Ramy Youssef, chair of the United Nations negotiating committee that is set to run until 2027.
This story is from the February 05, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Jaipur.
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