Businesses have an important role to play in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. According to one report, meeting the SDGs could also offer a $12 trillion business opportunity. But tackling the toughest global challenges cannot be achieved by one company or sector alone. It requires something called “coopetition,” […]

  The U.K. is open to U.S. proposals for a global minimum corporate tax rate, provided that it goes hand-in-hand with a fairer split of the tax take from U.S. tech giants, U.K. Treasury Chief Rishi Sunak said. Mr. Sunak’s remarks Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Su […]

EU lawmakers kicked off a last debate on Tuesday on the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain, ahead of a vote that is expected to give the accord overwhelming approval. That vote will be the final step towards ratification of the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement, struck […]

Egypt’s Suez Canal has been blocked by a massive container vessel, which ran aground the key waterway, and could cause some delays in global shipments of commodities. The Panama-flagged container vessel Ever Given got stuck in the southern end of the canal while making a turn on Tuesday (5:40 GMT), […]

Post-Brexit Britain has overtaken India to become the fourth most favoured investment destination according to a survey of chief executives of more than 5,000 companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers Chairman Bob Moritz said. The top three – the United States, China and Germany – were unchanged from the previous year’s PwC survey, while […]

  Group of Seven leaders on Friday said they would seek a collective approach to China to counter “non-market oriented” policies and practices and to ensure a fair multilateral global trade. “With the aim of supporting a fair and mutually beneficial global economic system for all people, we will engage […]

  The European Union’s executive will push for a 10-year phase-out of the protection for fossil fuels under an international energy treaty, following calls from some countries to quit the accord unless it can be aligned with Europe’s climate goals. The more than 50 signatories to the Energy Charter Treaty […]

  Britain should not submit to the European Union’s financial services rules just to get better access to the bloc’s market after Brexit, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday. European daily share trading worth 6 billion euros ($7.36 billion) left the City of London for the continent […]

  Some EU specialist online retailers have said they will no longer deliver to the UK because of tax changes which came into force on 1 January. Bicycle part firm Dutch Bike Bits said from now on, it would ship to every country in the world except the UK. “We […]

  A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The UK stopped following EU rules at 23:00 GMT, as replacement arrangements for travel, trade, immigration and security co-operation came into force. Boris Johnson said the UK had “freedom in […]