Ireland objects to Biden’s global corporate tax plan
AFP, WASHINGTON
US President Joe Biden’s push to get major economies to agree on a 15 percent minimum tax rate for multinational corporations has hit turbulence after Irish Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe expressed “significant reservations” about the plan.
The objection from Donohoe on Tuesday carries weight because Ireland hosts an outsized number of technology and pharmaceutical firms that were attracted to the country for its lower tax rate.
“We do have really significant reservations regarding a global minimum effective tax rate status at such a level that it means only certain countries, and certain size economies can benefit from that base we have a really significant concern about that,” Donohoe told Sky News.
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defense Simon Coveney. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Coveney reaffirmed the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Ireland and Irelandâs role as an enduring Transatlantic partner. The Secretary and Foreign Minister condemned the outrageous diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 in Belarus, and they discussed the status of JCPOA negotiations, Irelandâs role on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member, and other shared foreign policy priorities.
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Simon Coveney, Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, met with Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, and Jake Sullivan, the US National Security Advisor, at Shannon Airport in Co Clare on May 24.
Coveney said he had a very warm meeting with NSA Sullivan which included discussions of Brexit, EU-US relations, the recent Ryanair incident in Belarus, and, of course, Sullivan s family in Skibbereen.
Had a very warm meeting with US National Security Adviser @JakeSullivan46 tonight in @ShannonAirport - covered #Brexit, NI, MEPP, #Syria, #Belarus, EU/US relations, Cyber, bilateral relations & of course his family in Skibbereen.
Not long after, Coveney said in another tweet that it was great to meet Secretary Blinken. He said the duo discussed Brexit, EU-US relations, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the Ryanair incident in Belarus.
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French Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian speaks during a joint press conference with Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, at Farmleigh House and Estate in Dublin on May 20, 2021. (PAUL FAITH / AFP)
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian warned on Sunday of the risk of “long-lasting apartheid” in Israel in the event that the Palestinians fail to obtain their own state.
Le Drian is one of the first senior French officials to use the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel, which has angrily denied any policy of racial discrimination.
The veteran politician made the remarks in an interview with RTL radio and Le Figaro newspaper, in reference to the clashes between Jews and Arabs that erupted in several Israeli cities during the latest conflict.