Finance ministers from the G7 group of rich nations are meeting in London on Friday for two days of talks aimed at moving closer to a global deal to raise more tax revenue from the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon.
The gathering, chaired by British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, is the first time the ministers have met face-to-face since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rich nations have struggled for years to agree on a way to raise more tax from large multinational companies, which often book profits in jurisdictions where they pay little or no tax.
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