Talking about ongoing trade wars and protectionism, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said they have generated uncertainties and will ultimately impact the flow of capital, goods and services. She also called for 'concerted action' to mitigate the disruption on account of synchronous slowdown and to invoke the spirit of multilateralism for global growth.
She stressed that the increased trade integration, geopolitical uncertainties, and high accumulated debt levels necessitate strong global coordination. She added ‘we need not wait for the slowdown to become a crisis.’ Besides, she led the Indian delegation to the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in which the deliberations centred on international taxation and 'Stablecoins', which are cryptocurrencies pegged to a stable asset.
The ministers and governors also took updates from the G20 deputies on quality infrastructure investment, debt sustainability, financing for universal health care and building effective country platforms, and from the Africa Advisory Group on the Compact with Africa initiative. On the discussions at the session regarding the work underway on developing a consensus solution on tax challenges arising from digitalisation, the finance minister stated that a unified approach to the nexus and profit allocation challenges was a promising one that merits serious attention. She said ‘a solution that is simple to implement, simple to administer and simple to comply with is needed.’
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