This is Beirut, 30/07 15:40 - Reading : less than a minute
Following a sharp rise in France’s airline ticket tax – from €2.63 to €7.40 – Ryanair is cancelling 25 routes this winter, including from Brive, Bergerac and Strasbourg. The airline warns that the tax hike threatens regional airports’ competitiveness, 750,000 seats, tourism and local jobs. Unless Paris reverses what Ryanair calls a ...
Christiane Tager, 27/03 20:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump Europe Wine Whiskey Taxes
Donald Trump’s economic formula is now well known: an explosive cocktail of customs tariffs! A threat that makes European winemakers and liquor producers shudder – with up to 200% in taxes on wine and spirits. As they might say in Scotland, “That’s a bit more sour than a good whisky without ice!” US President Donald Trump, who never ...
This is Beirut, 06/03 16:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
economy Yassin Jaber finance Taxes revenues
Yassine Jaber, the Minister of Finance, reiterated that “the ministry is resolutely pursuing the necessary and fundamental reforms to improve the country's financial and customs systems.” He emphasized that “the government remains fully committed to advancing reforms aimed at enhancing financial transparency, improving the business ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-26 12:04 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump taxes Canada Mexico China
US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that "no one will win a trade war." In a series of posts to his Truth Social account, Trump vowed to hit some of the United States' largest trading partners with duties on all goods ...