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GroundTruth
"rob cox" Discussed on GroundTruth
"This concludes the whistleblower blower are ten season of the ground truth podcast. We started our reporting on the ground in afghanistan. Five years ago. Now we're going to step back and evaluate this podcast and think about our best way forward. How do we keep going and finding new ways to be there on the ground telling audio stories that matter in undercover corners of the world. We'd like to hear your thoughts about the podcast. Give us a ring at two one. Three seven seven zero eight six nine three. And leave us a voicemail. We're gonna listen to everything you send us and we might use some of these ideas on this podcast. Let us know what worked. What didn't what stories would you like to see us pursue. How can we bring ground truth. Growing core of amazing emerging journalists in our programs report for america and now report for the world more directly into the storytelling process. Let us know what you think we'd love to hear from the credits in this final episode or long but we wanna say special thanks to all of the students in the history department seminar umass amherst. Who's worked throughout the year contributed to the podcast and was featured in the extra episode. They are andrew. Bettencourt is eastman martha dolla. Peter jones helen curie bushman freddie or planning eric. Ross gray simmons taliadoros. Tnn darling loom lay their own reporting on what they discovered over. The last year can be found on the ellsberg papers website. Umass dot edu backslash ellsberg. Thank you to the academic advisor on this project. Professor christian oppy in the history department jeremy smith ellsberg archivist at the special collections and university archives. And thanks to professor kathy ford in the journalism program mitch. Hanley was the senior producer of the podcast and the producer of this episode of the ground. Truth podcast is isaiah. Murtaugh marketing promotion by maggie taylor and ground troops joschka. This podcast would not have been possible without our editorial team. Headed by. Kevin grant and wilson. They wanna special thanks to. Gbh's david goodman. Bill piatra. Telly and gary mine. The university of massachusetts at amherst made the historic acquisition of daniel ellsberg's papers twenty nineteen. That archive is now curated at the w. e. b. boys library this season of the ground. Truth podcast was made possible through the generous support of the u. mass chancellor's office. This has been a yearlong public history project. In collaboration with the university of massachusetts at amherst and gbh with ground truth project is based. You can find all of this work on our website. You mass dot edu backslash ellsberg. This series is dedicated. In memoriam to rob cox former head of special collections and university archives at umass amherst rob was instrumental in shepherding the ellsberg papers acquisition. I'm charlie senate founder of the ground truth project..
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"rob cox" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"Before we begin a quick look at what else is happening in today's news. The belarusian journalist roman participation which has given a tearful interview on state television confessing to organizing anti-government protests and praising the president alexander lukashenko france is to suspend joint military operations. Is molly enforces following. The country's second coup in nine months and the french government is summoned. the head of the telecoms operator orange. After the country's emergency services phone lines crashed with up to three people thought to have died. Stay tuned to monocle twenty four throughout the day from more of these stories but i finance ministers from the g seven group of nations. Meet in person here in london. Later and britain's chancellor has ambitions to forge a joint path on one of the thorniest economic issues of all time business taxation. His plans for proposed a proposal earlier this week by the us to introduce global minimum corporation tax rate of fifteen percent while to assess what nations will want from plan and whether she soon equil- convince all of the g seven ministers to agree. I'm joined by rob cox global editor reuters breaking news breaking views and he joins us on the line from our xerox. Judy ever good morning to europe. Good morning how are you very well. Thank you good to have you with us on the globalist. This is the first meeting for some time. All these ministers isn't it not lethal logistical reasons. Yon i mean it is. I think their first face-to-face meeting of jesus just g seven finance ministers since the since the pandemic began so quite significant. They'll get to look each other in the eye and try to get to some consensus on what has been one of the thorniest as you pointed out issues among rich countries for for decade. Doing know what that plan is what the idea is at the moment. Well there is. There are various plans out there. But the main idea is the one being pulled together has been pulled together for for years now by the oecd. It involves something like one hundred and thirty seven countries and the idea is to basically come up with with a minimum corporate tax rate. The administration has well yellen. Ah janet yellen the treasury sectors ford fifteen percent joe conto seems to be holding out the idea that could be higher if we don't get my way i think he put forward originally twenty one percent That seems to be in line with what you're hearing from the uk from other members of the g. seven italy japan And and so. I think it's it's it's conceivable It's it's come comes in two ways one pillar one as they call it. That sort of that's the way that Taxes will be levied against multinationals in countries so for the sales or the or the profits at that they're booking here in the country that they're operating in and then pillar to which is the big one is really about how you tax ra prophets at when they when they re patriot when they come home to the headquartered nation and that's why the. Us is pushing this because we're talking about the biggest countries in the world companies in the world. They are In many cases american. I think about half of them are and This include some of the big digital guys. I mean this is the great chance many of saint to go after the tech giant giants to pay taxes. Which many believe although they've been operating legally morally that's a different issue altogether. Yeah i mean. The a lot of countries including the u k italy france have already imposed digital taxes at home on these companies are companies like amazon facebook alphabet. The owner of google So that's in. Many ways has created a bit of an impetus for the us to get on board if you will and so the the idea from the us as well. We'll we'll agree to this low this global framework and then that will obviate the need to have these digital taxes in in country. That is that is going to be one of the sticking points. Of course this is going to be one of the issues. That's gonna come up the twenty and actually mentioned one hundred and thirty seven a oecd countries as well many of whom impose a lower rate than fifteen percent. And they'll be some who impose a higher rate. So how are they expecting people to actually sign up to this. Yeah that's that's that's where the rubber meets the road. I mean this is going to be ultimately political a political decision that has to be brought home right and has go to go to parliament. Go to congress so if you think about the big losers it's going to be countries like the caymans or Bahamas guernseys country. Okay bermuda but ireland to has a i think a twelve and a half percent corporate tax rate Here in switzerland you have cantons. Like zug where my company is. Actually the company. I work for is headquartered luxembourg hungary czech republic these are all countries that have lower tax rates And and and have used those low tak tax rates to attract business to attract investment. Now that this this that you have a fifteen percent floor if you will This is gonna make it more. Let them less competitive. So i think those guys they're gonna they're not members of the g. seven right. I mean except for the uk which i guess overseas to a degree. has a certain tax havens within. Its its borders. But you know so getting through the g seven finance ministers and then next week getting a g seven leaders in cornwall to sign up to this theoretical theoretical framework makes i. I don't think it's going to be that difficult. And then you have the g twenty in july which i think also is probably not going to be that difficult but then having to bring this home You know an and get it through. I know the irish parliament or you know the the caymans i don't know if they even have to pass it. Frankly but you know this is going to be really difficult and and and the us alone. I mean the the joe biden does not have a big majority in the us senate and there are already a number of what i would call moderate republicans who are who are opposed the idea of of anything that increases taxes on american companies. So you know whether this gets done by the end of the year. Which is what everybody hopes. Or really by october and then could be ratified by parliaments around the world by legislators i mean that's the part where i have no doubt they'll get they'll have lots of nice communiques in the next two months louis. Can you know that was a lot of not so nice. Communicates from behind the scenes from the likes of amazon. And i mean how much pushback is likely to come back from these big tech companies. Who many say have just been enjoying the good life for a little too long. You know they also recognize that over the past year in particular they have really benefited from what one can only call. Windfall profits the extraordinary acceleration of digitalization. As a result of the pandemic has made these companies so fat happy and profitable. And you know. I think that would have over time that certainly this digital trend would have happened but the fact that it was done as a result of lockdown that imposed by government decisions. I just feel like they have no moral They don't have a moral leg to stand on and they also know that gig. The jig is up. I mean they are going to be taxed one way or the other. Now if it's going to be French italian uk digital taxes That's that's one thing in the. Us knows that. That's that's a risk for its companies. So i i feel like that that the end of the day is not the the issue. I don't think it's going to be. That amazon is able to successfully I dunno shanghai members of congress to vote against it. I think they know that the that that they're those fat days are over much of a coup. Is this for the uk chancellor rishi sunak who will say that if he can get the g seven to agree to tax the big companies that will be one of the greatest Steps towards fat taxation made. I mean this has been in the works for a very long time. Well before the current. Boris johnson government was put in place right. The we see is always. Cd has been working on this for quite some time..
Monocle 24: The Globalist
"rob cox" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Globalist
"Ministers from the g seven group of nations. Meet in person here in london. Later and britain's chancellor has ambitions to forge a joint path on one of the thorniest economic issues of all time business taxation. His plans for proposed a proposal earlier this week by the us to introduce global minimum corporation tax rate of fifteen percent while to assess what nations will want from plan and whether she soon equil- convince all of the g seven ministers to agree. I'm joined by rob cox global editor reuters breaking news breaking views and he joins us on the line from our xerox. Judy ever good morning to europe. Good morning how are you very well. Thank you good to have you with us on the globalist. This is the first meeting for some time. All these ministers isn't it not lethal logistical reasons. Yon i mean it is. I think their first face-to-face meeting of jesus just g seven finance ministers since the since the pandemic began so quite significant. They'll get to look each other in the eye and try to get to some consensus on what has been one of the thorniest as you pointed out issues among rich countries for for decade. Doing know what that plan is what the idea is at the moment. Well there is. There are various plans out there. But the main idea is the one being pulled together has been pulled together for for years now by the oecd. It involves something like one hundred and thirty seven countries and the idea is to basically come up with with a minimum corporate tax rate. The administration has well yellen. Ah janet yellen the treasury sectors ford fifteen percent joe conto seems to be holding out the idea that could be higher if we don't get my way i think he put forward originally twenty one percent That seems to be in line with what you're hearing from the uk from other members of the g. seven italy
Monocle 24: The Globalist
G7 Finance Ministers to Meet in London
"Ministers from the g seven group of nations. Meet in person here in london. Later and britain's chancellor has ambitions to forge a joint path on one of the thorniest economic issues of all time business taxation. His plans for proposed a proposal earlier this week by the us to introduce global minimum corporation tax rate of fifteen percent while to assess what nations will want from plan and whether she soon equil- convince all of the g seven ministers to agree. I'm joined by rob cox global editor reuters breaking news breaking views and he joins us on the line from our xerox. Judy ever good morning to europe. Good morning how are you very well. Thank you good to have you with us on the globalist. This is the first meeting for some time. All these ministers isn't it not lethal logistical reasons. Yon i mean it is. I think their first face-to-face meeting of jesus just g seven finance ministers since the since the pandemic began so quite significant. They'll get to look each other in the eye and try to get to some consensus on what has been one of the thorniest as you pointed out issues among rich countries for for decade. Doing know what that plan is what the idea is at the moment. Well there is. There are various plans out there. But the main idea is the one being pulled together has been pulled together for for years now by the oecd. It involves something like one hundred and thirty seven countries and the idea is to basically come up with with a minimum corporate tax rate. The administration has well yellen. Ah janet yellen the treasury sectors ford fifteen percent joe conto seems to be holding out the idea that could be higher if we don't get my way i think he put forward originally twenty one percent That seems to be in line with what you're hearing from the uk from other members of the g. seven italy
Monocle 24: The Briefing
How Europe is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
"Want to start really by having a look at what is happening in this part of the world and certainly how countries In and around a Middle Europa at handled covid nineteen as pandemic some economic powerhouses. The United States of course the UK have had a bit of a miserable time. You could say but Germany and Switzerland are getting back on their feet and even in the last hour or so here in Zurich. We heard the country's main aviation hub of the national carrier. Swiss have outlined an incredibly aggressive relaunch plan. Of course if we go north to the border in Germany LUFTHANSA'S HOPING TO INC. It's bailout package to do a bit of the same well for more on this. I'm joined here in Zurich Rob Cox regular with us. When is the global editor of Reuters breaking views and on the line from start in south western Germany on a Rosenberg as also the line and she is head of Europe and the UK at the political consultancy Sigme Global? Welcome to both of you rob. I wanted to start. Do you think something is up? Maybe in this country I think also we look to Australia and certainly Germany as well as everyone starting to behave as a bit of a block at a time when everyone is supposed to be yes nice nice role in together are we moving into a period where people are maybe trying to score a few points. Released position themselves That look we are open for business. And we're moving ahead here. We're kind of in this competitive de Lockdown Mode. Where everybody you know? Calm countries like Switzerland which WanNa score high on the the Doing Business World business indicators and things like that and I think they have something like thirteen hundred. Us companies alone. That have offices or something here so everybody is trying to kind of to ease the ease travel. Do it in the right way. But also the same time to showcase that they've done a good job or a decent job of of battling pandemic of ensuring that their citizens have safe that that and doing it in a sort of you know an intelligent way And in some ways opening opening up the borders as a way to show that off now I think they're quite conservative. You saw you saw. The Federal Council was saying yesterday and in other countries. You know there are still this tension between the politicians as it were and the health professionals at still going on. We're still going to see that for quite some time. But there's definitely a sense of like like let's get moving again But the the the big issue though is you can't just apply what the Swiss do or the Austrians due to say London or Dublin or Perez and I think so. The worry is a little bit like we have these fights over tax policy right That you have this sort of race to the bottom in some ways and I think that's it's one has to be quite careful. So if the Swiss open up or the Germans and people say Look Frankfurt's open for business in Syracuse. Open for business. The worry is that these other guys. I don't know or London that engage a well. We better do it quickly. Problem is that there's no one size fits all for battling this pandemic Rosenberg. When you look from your side of the border but maybe across to Austria and Switzerland do you feel that may be an of course? Federal Council Minister over in Vienna yesterday front from Switzerland. Do you feel that the dock nations are starting to to get work in a bit of unison? Work as Mitteleuropa to say that we can together be the the engine that we can point direction. We know that this is a time of of not great central leadership. I'm not sure if there's really a cross border collaboration as as that. I think it's more happening more here. Is that individual states within Germany. I using this as an opportunity to profile themselves when you look at pandemics throughout history typically they benefit smaller entities smaller countries smallest state smaller city states. And exactly the same has happened in this pandemic and Jimmy Away is positioned the way is positioned also because of its highly federalized decentralized system which means you have sixteen individual states that can make their own lockdown and opening up decisions and these decisions currently being made. They're all over the place and I would say there's kind of a rather than we're in this together. I would say there's a little bit of a rivalry at the moment towards who can open up. Fossa who is more concerned with the health of individuals citizens than the others? So it's still pretty much an looking inwards would say Germany. Do you think that some of that also ladder is up though? I mean whether it's whether you're talking about Bio You're talking about no Don Volya that obviously people who are sitting at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. There were trying to figure out. How do they put this into a concerted message Which they can put across globally? I get the sense. is certainly in Switzerland while the Swiss like to talk about being humble and they don't WanNa talk about having had a good pandemic you do get the sense here that they are trying to. Of course push their message. This is a country that is going to be open for business. If you need to come to Europe And hopefully do need to come to Europe to have a meeting. Then maybe you might consider coming here. I and I'm wondering if Berlin regardless of what it's doing with a federal structure with the states are doing they're trying to have some kind of unified message or no yes. Of course ultimately there's a lot of coordination still trying to be made on on the national level. Am I do think that Germany has certainly benefited from this Kobe crisis? It has turned a crisis into an opportunity and for a variety of reasons and I think Germany ultimately when you look at where Jimmy Stewart's just before the Kobe crisis it wasn't quite a weak economic position that was stagnation that was not enough of investment. Going on into key sectors of the economy that was all these arguments about stepping up fiscal stimulus and spending and constant pushback from the government that wanted to stick to strict fiscal prudence. All of this is different now. The government is saving business left right and center splashing out it's investing and the economy. The Gym Mindset has changed to away from Frisco prudence that was evidenced of course the supporting joint debt with other European nations. And so in a way. Jimmy's kind of taken an advantage from Kobe. In repositioning itself. And I think if you ask me what does Jiminy and the EU stand in one. Two years down the line. I think Germany will clear when I hear on that we just before we went on air we were talking and you just touched on Dublin Dublin. Of course as as essential in Europe which has done very very well at tech. But we're now in a moment right now we're of course. Companies are more mobile than ever. And certainly when you look at some of those players who are who are in Dublin. Of course their headquarters being On on the. Us West Coast yet. There is mobility They move around the going to look of course for the best tax breaks That are out there. Is this also time and again I mean. Certainly you see the power of the money that various spends on go and put your headquarters or least your your regional or European headquarters in Munich. For example do you see this kind of acceleration? Absolutely the ease of doing business index. This is this is going to be part of it. Everyone's going to look at how you did it during this crisis And I think and how quickly you were able to come out of it and I think come. Countries like like Switzerland Like some of the Nordic countries that have have done a pretty good job a relatively good job relative to France or the UK or Spain or Italy are so they're going to have a better pitch to make an a country like Ireland. Which is you know punches. Well above its weight when it comes to global headquarters for I say European headquarters for many of these TECH COMPANIES. The facebooks and people like that that is also