The Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seize | Editorial
‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow. None did.’ Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that countries could capture an extra $500bn a year without raising corporate tax rates.
- ▪‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow.
- ▪None did.’ Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow.
- ▪Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that countries could capture an extra $500bn a year without raising corporate tax rates.
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| Publication time | Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:25:25 GMT |
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‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow. None did.’ Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreen‘Donald Trump’s US walked out last year and urged others to follow. None did.’ Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesOpinionUnited NationsThe Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seizeEditorialDonald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governmentsSun 2 Aug 2026 12.25 EDTShareGovernments are told that public services must shrink because money is tight. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that countries could capture an extra $500bn a year without raising corporate tax rates.
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