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/ …
As to the playground personal slurs about being me anti-NGO and having some hidden motivations as part of a nefarious crowd....
As I said, this was nasty and unhealthy behaviour in 2015, and it still is. Wanting NGOs to be rigorous is not being 'anti-NGO'.
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Well, holding feet to fire is of course fine, and necessary. I can't answer for others, and I don't like slurs either. But there are legitimate questions to be asked. Always seeking to lowball -- which is what it really does look like -- raises one.
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If you don't like slurs don't make them Nick. I am not anti-NGO. Or part of a "crowd". I do think perceptions of the scale of the revenues at stake are systematically overinflated, often by orders of magnitude and this undermines understanding & ultimately risks accountability
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