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SUNS # 9367 Wednesday 16 June 2021
 
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Trade : India, South Africa call for swift approval of TRIPS waiver at G7 meet (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
India and South Africa have apparently pressed for an expeditious agreement on the TRIPS waiver in combating the COVID-19 pandemic at the just-concluded meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries held over the weekend in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

Finance : Powerful states push tax race to the bottom (PRIV)
(IPS, Sydney/Kuala Lumpur)
Sydney/Kuala Lumpur, 15 Jun (IPS/Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram*) -- Last week, the largest rich countries, home to most major transnational corporations (TNCs), agreed to a global minimum corporate income tax (GMCIT) rate.

Brazil : Infrastructure expands despite crises (PRIV)
(IPS, Rio de Janeiro)
Health, fiscal, environmental and political crises have not prevented Brazil from attracting private capital to expand infrastructure, according to the sector's minister, Tarcisio de Freitas.


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