by Alan Rhode | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Faced with a two-front fiasco, French Finance minister Bruno Le Maire realized it was time to cut a deal. And, certainly, compromising with Germany and other EU member states was an easier option than dealing with...
by Alan Rhode | Nov 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
As many ill fated politicians have learned over the years, mission creep is an often inevitable outcome of any attempt to solve a geopolitical crisis by military means. The same unintended expansion can often...
by Alan Rhode | Nov 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
When the U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond floated the idea of the city of London becoming “Singapore on the Thames” tax haven in the run up to the Brexit negotiations, it...
by Alan Rhode | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Danish Finance Minister Kristian Jensen made sure he was the first to arrive at the Nov. 6 EU finance minister meeting. He was on a mission. For months his patience, as well as that of a few other countries opposed to the pending EU Digital...
by Alan Rhode | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
When EU finance ministers meet this week to grapple with the pending EU Digital Service Tax a key unresolved issue concerns the scope of the 3 percent temporary levy targeted at large internet companies such as Google,...
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