China urged to join global minimum tax regime, as Hong Kong says it may be ‘restrained’ by new rules


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China has been urged to join a push by the United States for a global minimum tax rate, with experts saying it is an opportunity for Beijing to participate in international economic governance and create a common ground with Washington as high-level trade talks resume between the world’s two biggest economies. The corporate tax floor of 15 per cent, agreed in a landmark accord by Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers at the weekend, could form the basis of a worldwide deal that US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said would halt a “race to the bottom on corporate taxes”. There...