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Britain's finance minister Rishi Sunak hails a "historic agreement" by G7 finance ministers meeting in London to commit to a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15 percent. SOUNDBITE
Ministers from G7 top economies on Thursday reached consensus on steps towards an accord on taxing digital giants, an issue that has divided the United States and its allies Britain and France. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who hosted the two-day meeting in Chantilly outside Paris, hailed the consensus as 'a major step forward'. SOUNDBITE
Senior ministers and officials from the G7 and 'Five Eyes' nations are greeted at the Global Fraud Summit in London by the UK's Home Secretary James Cleverly. IMAGES
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, assisted by his Agriculture colleague Marc Fesneau, receive officials from the French Banking Federation (FBF) at Economy and Finance Ministry following Emmanuel Macron's announcements to support farmers' cash flow. IMAGES
European ministers from the 27 Member States are meeting in Luxembourg for an ECOFIN meeting. On the agenda: taxation and VAT, financial services, and the economic and financial impact of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. IMAGES
The European Union's finance ministers hold an ECOFIN meeting in Brussels expected to focus on the issues of taxation, solutions to the banking crisis and the economic impact of the war in Ukraine. IMAGES
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