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G7 is not just about corporate taxes: the environment is even more important. EU and UK fall out over sausages. Out and about in London and Dublin
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G7 is not just about corporate taxes: the environment is even more important. EU and UK fall out over sausages. Out and about in London and Dublin

UK threatens and blusters before its usual capitulation?
Jim Power & Chris Johns
Jun 09, 2021
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The G7 has a long and mixed history. It used to be about exchange rates. Today it is mostly taxes but there have been important environmental initiatives of late.

Staff shortages in surprising places: out and about in London and Dublin

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UK and EU fall out over sausages. Johnson’s next capitulation is in sight, if the past is anything to go by.

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