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Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis (R) shows the way to his Czech counterpart Petr Necas (L) prior to their meeting in Riga, on May 17, 2013. Necas meets with Dombrovskis on the Baltic state's hopes to enter the eurozone and the OECD.
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They play the tax codes one against the other ... That is tax planning and I think we do need international cooperation through the OECD to deal with the aggressive nature of that.
They play the tax codes one against the other, that is tax planning and I think we do need international cooperation through the OECD to deal with the aggressive nature of that
However, in 2010, Canada ranked only 15th in the OECD on this measure - we need to continue to improve our performance if we are to compete with, and break into the ranks of, the world's top five performing countries.More quotes »
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