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Now playing Next Europe News Euroviews. The EU's Global Gateway plan's alleged weaknesses are its strengths With a prudent approach and a dose of humility, Global Gateway may achieve for the EU what the BRI has yet to achieve for China — lasting influence at an acceptable cost, Rémi Meehan and Earl Wang write. 10/01/2024
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Now playing Next Europe Decoded Can new EU corporate tax rules make big business pay its fair share? A landmark global deal setting a minimum corporate tax rate of 15% on multinational companies came into force in the European Union on 1 January. 05/01/2024
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