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Progress made on global minimum corporate taxes

The head of the OECD says progress is being made on a global minimum corporate tax rate.

The head of the OECD says progress is being made on a global minimum corporate tax rate. Angel Gurria is moving on from his role as secretary general of the body, which has been co-ordinating changes to global tax rules for years, and tells us the recent change of US administration has enabled plans to move forward. We get wider context to corporate tax harmonisation from Adam Hewson, who runs two bookshops in London, and reaction to the idea from Morgan Schondelmeier of the free market think tank the Adam Smith Institute. Also in the programme, the theft of catalytic converters from car exhausts has become a major problem, supported by international criminal networks. John Meyer is a mining analyst with the investment bank SP Angel, and explains how the rising price of metals used in the devices, such as platinum, is driving the crime. Edmund King, president of the UK's Automobile Association breakdown recovery group discusses the scale of the problem in the UK. And Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau tells us how theft of catalytic converters is spreading around the world. Plus, as cinemas in some parts of the world reopen, we hear from entertainment journalist Caroline Frost what's behind the recent success of the film Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

(Picture: Angel Gurria. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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  • Tue 25 May 2021 14:32GMT