EU countries clamping down on tax avoidance is creating problems for the Republic…
Last week started with Philip Hammond’s extraordinary threat to the EU that he would turn the UK into a tax haven, a sort of “Caymans sur la Manche”, if you will. All because Michel Barnier and his fellow negotiators are unlikely to give the UK what it wants, a free ride. Mr. Hammond gave the Welt am Sonntag the ill advised interview, available here (in German), during a short trip to Germany to meet the former tax inspector and current …