Paris to Nairobi
Ujal Singh Bhatia | 23 December 2015
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Climate,
India,
TPP,
TTIP,
WTO
Trade negotiations didn’t have the happy ending of COP-21. But they portend major changes for the WTO. This month has witnessed two important events whose outcomes point to different conclusions for the future of multilateral cooperation. While the Paris Agreement belied pessimistic expectations and produced
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Boosting R&D through Patent Boxes. Panacea or Not?
Agustin Redonda | 10 December 2015
Fiscal,
Blog | Tags:
BEPS,
Innovation,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures
On October 5th, the OECD presented the final package of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) initiative – a cornerstone in the international drive towards corporate tax reform.
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The Distributional Implications of the Crisis and Policy Responses
William White | 8 December 2015
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Inequality,
QE
The conduct of monetary policy over the last few years is totally unprecedented. Efforts have been made to influence all parts of the term structure of interest rates and credit spreads as well. Policy rates have been reduced essentially to zero. Forward guidance has also
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Save our Steel! Save our Jobs?
Johannes Schwarzer | 13 November 2015
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Anti-Dumping,
China,
EU,
Steel,
Tariffs
EU member States have recently intensified their calls upon the European Commission to deploy trade defence measures to stem the rising tide of cheap imports of steel from China. It is contended that the slowdown of the Chinese domestic economy has prompted steel manufacturers to
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Looking for a Way out the Subsidies Labyrinth in Argentina
Lucio Castro | 16 October 2015
Fiscal,
Monetary,
Blog | Tags:
Energy,
Inflation,
Subsidies
In the midst of a heated electoral campaign, subsidies are at the centre of the political debate in Argentina. Shock or gradual approaches to reform those transfers have emerged as the buzzwords of the moment as the presidential race heats up.
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