More Trade News in Brief Week 48 (25 November – 1 December 2013)

 

* OECD: Global Economy Recovering at Moderate Pace

 

On the last Economic Outlook, OECD concluded that the global economy is expected to continue expanding at a moderate pace.

 

Read more following the link.

 

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* Liechtenstein & Isle of Man Sign OECD Multilateral Tax Convention

 

Liechtenstein & Isle of Man join the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters, a multilateral agreement initiated by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Council of Europe to tackle tax evasion and avoidance between its signatories.

 

Check here and here.

 

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* Canada & NZ Ratify Multilateral Tax Convention

 

Canada and  New Zealand have ratified the multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters.

 

Please follow the link for more.

 

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* WTO – No Global Trade DealEven the WTO’s members have come “very close to fully agreed texts”, the negotiations on the first global trade deal in the organization’s history come to a dead end.

Read more here.

 

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