It is often said (on the basis of a misreading of an old UNCTAD report) that 60% of world trade happens within multinational companies. But best estimates are that it is around 30% says @nickshaxson at @TaxJusticeNet https://www.taxjustice.net/2019/04/09/over-a-third-or-more-of-world-trade-happens-inside-multinational-corporations/ …
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and the OECD had clearly said 60%. Also, your anti-NGO crowd is too hung up on data/numbers, focusing on measurables and airbrushing out unmeasurables - with generic effect of skewing policy in favour of MNEs (see chapter in my Finance Curse book - can send it if u like.)
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Nick. I know that John Neighbour when he was at
@OECDtax once said 60% in an article in the OECD Observer magazine, and it was perhaps an honest mistake by many to read this as 'the OECD says' http://oecdobserver.org/news/archivestory.php/aid/670/Transfer_pricing:_Keeping_it_at_arms_length.html … - 8 more replies
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And we also need to develop a culture of being able to discuss numbers, provenance, methodologies, and all the rest without any concerns that this will be overlaid or contingent on motives/drivers ascribed to individuals.
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and the other question is, your misquoting my article (not toooo egregiously, but still) seems to fit a pattern of your always, but always, trying to lowball the estimates. Which raises another question: why?
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