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The US government has decided to suspend tariffs on Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom for 180 days, in response to taxes on US digital services applied by those countries. The goal is to save time for negotiations on a global digital tax agreement within the framework of the G-20 and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In a statement released on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Catherine Tay said an investigation by the agency concluded that tariffs should be applied to some goods coming from these countries. However, the commitments will be temporarily deferred while…

On Monday (31) the New Zealand government announced that the country had joined the List of Artemis Accords (“Artemis Accords,” in literal translation), which outline good practices for space exploration activities. The country became the 11th country to enter the list and was the second to sign the document during President Joe Biden’s administration – the first was South Korea, which joined the accords on May 24. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson commented that “New Zealand, along with the other seven nations, helped establish the principles of the Artemis Accords,” which will enable the next generation of international partnerships to explore…

The FGTS (Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Employee) emergency recall was created in 2020 to benefit workers subject to statutory labor law, in an effort to limit the impact of Covid 19 on the economy. Only those who have a balance in active (current positions) or inactive (previous positions) accounts in the FGTS are entitled to withdraw. In 2020 alone, 60 million Brazilians benefited from the benefits. R$37 billion was pumped into the economy last year. Workers are currently wondering if there will be another round of emergency withdrawals in 2021. 2021 FGTS Emergency Draw There is an opportunity…

The Covid-19 pandemic has killed at least 3,551,488 people worldwide since the World Health Organization announced the outbreak in China, in December 2019, which indicates the balance of the AFP news agency. Portugal Digital with Lusa According to the data obtained at 11:00 am, from official sources, more than 170,606,850 cases of infection have been diagnosed since the beginning of the epidemic. The vast majority of patients have recovered, but the portion that has not yet been fully evaluated retains symptoms for weeks or months. The figures are based on balance sheets sent daily by health authorities in each country.…

The bank’s strategy team noted that the overall economic outlook has improved significantly in recent months (Photo: REUTERS/Diego Vara)a BTG charter He made four changes to his recommended portfolio for June, showing a report sent to clients on Tuesday (first) and obtained by Money Times. The strategy team formed by Carlos Sequeira, Usni Carvey and Ricardo Cavalieri confirmed that the overall economic outlook has improved significantly in recent months. “In addition, the realist is finally showing signs of stability, bolstered by a less noisy political environment and by a louder Selic,” they point out. the changes The bank notes that…

The head of the UN Security Council said this Tuesday that he expects to recommend the body in June to re-elect Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General. Estonian Ambassador Sven Jorgensen, who chairs the council in June, added that he expected the resolution to be ratified by the UN General Assembly shortly thereafter, possibly within a week. Portuguese Antonio Guterres, who has headed the United Nations since 2017, aspires to a second five-year term, and officially has no opposition.Jorgensen said the date on which the Security Council will meet to take the decision has not yet been set, but he is…

Brazilian GDP growth of 1.2% in the first quarter was higher than analysts had expected, but it did not stand out among the major global economies. The result was the best at number 22 out of 52 countries that have already announced their performance compared to the last three months of last year. The result was far from that of countries such as Croatia (up 5.8%), Estonia (4.8%) and Chile (3.2%). It was also lower than developed countries, which tend to have lower growth than emerging countries: the United States advanced 1.6% and Canada advanced 1.4%. It is imperative to…

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a Brazilian Household Indebtedness It reached 68% in May and reached a new all-time record. According to the National Consumer Debt and Defaulting Survey, conducted by CNC (National Federation of Trade in Goods, Services and Tourism) released Monday (05/31), this was the sixth consecutive increase. Read more: Credit search decreased 8% in January, but increased 22% compared to 2020 After six consecutive months of growth in population indebtedness, 68% of households declared themselves in debt in May, an increase of 0.5 percentage points from April. Compared to May of last year, the increase was 1.5 percentage points in the debt…

A teenager was arrested while attempting to pretend to be a resident doctor at Govinador Celso Ramos Hospital, in Florianópolis, On Monday afternoon (31). The young woman was wearing a forged SES badge and a lab coat with her name embroidered on it. Information from the military police.> Receive news from Florianópolis and the region via WhatsApp> Is Corpus Christi in 2021 a national holiday or an optional spot? UnderstandAccording to the commander of the 4th Military Police Battalion in SC, Lt. Col. Diogo Cedral de Lima, the garrison went to the hospital and found the young woman, 17, in…