Le Maire: G-7 Not Far From Global Agreement on Taxation

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks in an interview on BBC News during talks in London with his counterparts from the Group of Seven nations.

• Says ministers are close to a deal on global taxation
• “We are not far from a global agreement”
• Some difficulties remain on technical issues
• “We are still working, there are still some slight difficulties. But I hope that at the end of this G-7 we might have a global agreement on both pillar 1 and pillar 2”
• “If we manage to find that consensus it would be a historic agreement”
• May get a deal ...