Now that the Group of 20 finance ministers has agreed to United States President Joe Biden’s proposal for a global corporate minimum tax rate of at least 15 percent, some …
August 12, 2021
June 8, 2021
G7 to consider global minimum tax
Finance ministers from Group of Seven nations will meet tomorrow in London, where they are expected to back United States President Joe Biden’s proposal for a minimum global corporate tax …
December 16, 2020
COMMENTARY — Post-election, Venezuela’s future considered
It is hard to know what the future holds for Venezuela, its opposition leader Juan Guaidó, or the present United States-led policy that emphasises sanctions and isolation. Last week, as …
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November 16, 2020
EDITORIAL: A new day in the US — and the Caribbean
Change has come to the United States, and as usual this means change has come to the rest of the world as well. The election of Joe Biden and Kamala …
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November 13, 2020
Premier congratulates Biden, Harris
Premier Andrew Fahie extended congratulations from the Virgin Islands to United States President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Saturday, shortly after news outlets called the election in …
November 4, 2020
VI watches hotly disputed US election
The closely watched United States presidential election proved to be a tight race, as patrons at one watch party in East End noted by cracking jokes about “Dewey wins!,” the …
October 30, 2020
VI wary as US heads to polls
An old adage proclaims, “When the United States sneezes, the world catches a cold.” As the country heads into a presidential election next Tuesday amid the Covid-19 pandemic, that wisdom …
