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Reducing evasion is key as business taxes race lower

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INT

President-elect Donald Trump aims to "cut business taxes massively" as the US corporate tax rate is the G20's highest

Tunisian public wage bill will limit state investment

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TUNISIA

Tunis is wary of cutting state jobs -- and thus its salary burden -- which is hampering capital expenditure

Global debts will be costlier to pay off in 2017-18

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INT

The IMF Financial Stability Report urges policymakers to tackle debts that stand at a record high 225% of world GDP

Higher rates for longer will fuel corporate distress

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INT

Firms need to repay or roll over some USD5.5tn of corporate debt obligations in 2024, with interest rates still high

Persistently high food prices may spark social unrest

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INT

Cereal grains such as wheat provide essential sustenance to humans and animals; price surges raise risks of food crises

US-Mexico wall will divide, whether it is built or not

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MEXICO-US

As emotions run high, rhetoric about the border wall suggests that good fences do not necessarily make good neighbours

Rising inequalities will increase climate change costs

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INT

Carbon emissions inequality between and within nations fuels internal and multilateral debates about climate funding

After two strong years, US states see slowing revenues

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UNITED STATES

As most states and localities prepare to start their fiscal year on July 1, they anticipate slower revenue growth

South-east Asia is set to be piracy hotspot yet again

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INT

Somali piracy may have surged in early 2017 but is still lagging South-east Asia

Regional inequality may widen as China’s GDP recovers

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CHINA

Local governments will spend trillions of renminbi to aid GDP and jobs, but the scope to add productive capacity varies