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Best of BS Opinion: Problem of tax buoyancy, one year of Modi 2.0, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Asia needs India for post-Covid cooperation

India's pivotal position in South Asia, its strong economic ties with ASEAN+6 countries and its presence in the G20 make its participation critical

The economic crisis and India's role in post-coronavirus multilateralism

The world gross domestic product is expected to contract by 3%, international trade may decline by up to 32%, and 49 million people could slip into extreme poverty

India provided medical supplies to 120 nations to fight Covid-19: Goyal

Goyal participated during the second G20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting

Ending opportunism

Govt right to crack down on strategic investments from China

New multilateralism with old paradigms?

The biggest armies and the biggest economies failed against a microscopic virus - the weakest link undid decades of progress

Time for Int'l community to build new tax regime embracing digitization: FM

The finance minister emphasised on the need for a closer collaboration between revenue agencies to investigate tax affairs of offenders who cross-borders for escaping tax investigation, a tweet said

Tougher bank rules since 2008 have not stifled lending: G20 watchdog

Banks are the main source of funding for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), especially in Europe, and they have long warned that overly burdensome rules would crimp lending

G20 finance ministers likely to back OECD's digital tax proposal

OECD will present its "unified approach" to a digital tax at a G20 gathering on the sidelines of annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank

The world is still shaped by the West

From the Indian point of view, looking ahead, our sense is the theories of the decline of the West are grossly overstated

India to make G20 pitch for taxing digital giants like Google, Facebook

The G20 ministerial will be a step towards building a political consensus to finalise a solution to tax digital economies by 2020 under OECD's BEPS framework

G20 agrees to close gaps used by global tech giants to cut corporate taxes

Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large tech cos face criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer

At G20, Piyush Goyal set to push for open trade, less protectionism

FM Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the 2-day meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors

Priority should be to resolve trade tensions: IMF chief Christine Lagarde

The IMF director added that global economy is showing tentative signs of stabilising and growth is projected to strengthen

Divided G20 admits worsening trade wars pose risk to world economy

As a compromise pushed by Washington, the statement omitted language from a previous draft that mentioned a "pressing need to resolve trade tensions"

India calls on G-20 nations for early solution on taxing digital companies

Highlights need for the G20 to keep a close watch on global current account imbalances

Issues of e-commerce, protectionism to figure at G20 trade ministers' meet

Increasing protectionism at trade front and trade war between the US and China would impact all countries

Chill in global economic growth prompts G20 members' call for trade truce

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda emphasized the need for countries to take steps to foster a more dynamic global economy

India should work for a more effective G20

Cooperation with China will ensure that the G20 is more responsive to emerging market concerns

Trade tensions must be solved directly among countries involved: G20 chair

The G20 can play a role in providing the platform for discussions but the differences that still persist should be resolved by the members that are directly involved in the tensions, he said