Mar 11 2019 30 mins 2
Doug McHoney (PwC's US International Tax Services Leader) and Alexis Crow (PwC Geopolitical Investing Director) discuss the interaction of the geopolitical environment and the evolving tax landscape. Among other topics, they cover the latest developments in North America, highlighting the potential issues from the cost increases in Canadian trade and the changing political landscape in Mexico; Europe, discussing the flat-lining productivity, fragility of the European banking system, the potential of a no-deal Brexit, and State-aid investigations; Asia, analyzing the recent economic growth and changing business policies in China and the movement of operations and global supply chains around the region; and Latin America, detailing the success of the consumer sector in Brazil and the uncertainty in Venezuela; and the US, forecasting the future of the market given tax reform, deregulation, and trade negotiation.
