The OECD is gathering input for the Stage 1 peer reviews of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, India, Latvia, Lithuania and South Africa, and invites taxpayers to submit input on specific issues relating to access to MAP, clarity and availability of MAP guidance and the timely implementation of MAP agreements for each of these jurisdictions using the taxpayer input questionnaire.

The OECD is gathering input for the Stage 1 peer reviews of Brazil, Bulgaria, China (People's Republic of), Hong Kong (China), Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia, and invites taxpayers to submit input on specific issues relating to access to MAP, clarity and availability of MAP guidance and the timely implementation of MAP agreements for each of these jurisdictions using the taxpayer input questionnaire.

The OECD is now gathering input for the BEPS Action 14 Stage 1 peer reviews of Brunei, Curaçao, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Monaco, San Marino and Serbia, and invites taxpayers to submit input on specific MAP-related issues by 19 March 2019.

The OECD has added new features to its MLI Matching Database. The database now includes information on entry into effect dates for matched agreements and the option to calculate entry into effect dates on the basis of anticipated dates of deposits. The expanded database also includes references to synthesised texts, if available.

The OECD is now gathering input for the Stage 1 peer reviews of Andorra, Anguilla, Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Faroe Islands, Macau (China), Morocco and Tunisia, and invites taxpayers to submit input on specific MAP-related issues by 12 August 2019.

The OECD is now gathering input for the Stage 1 peer reviews of Andorra, Aruba, Bahrain, Barbados, Gibraltar, Greenland, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates and Viet Nam, and invites taxpayers to submit input on specific MAP-related issues by 16 December 2019.

Australia’s active global engagement on development and its focus on fragile small island states and disaster risk reduction are commendable. However successive cuts to the country’s aid budget since 2013 are impairing its efforts, according to the latest DAC Peer Review of Australia.

Imports: Optical & Precision Intruments Watches & Clocks in South Africa increased to 2766.35 ZAR Million in March from 2672.27 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports: Optical & Precision Intruments Watches & in South Africa averaged 2577.84 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 3242.48 ZAR Million in August of 2019 and a record low of 1968.03 ZAR Million in January of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Optical & Precision Intruments Watches.

The Slovak economy experienced a strong but short recession in 2009. The recovery afterwards was driven by exports and investment. While GDP growth was one of the strongest in OECD, employment did not reach the pre-crisis level and unemployment remains stubbornly high.

Significant labour market mismatches and insufficient mobility penalise employment and productivity. Mismatches have above all a skills dimension, with an excess of low-skilled workers and a possible lack of skilled workers in certain domains.

This paper explores the link between skill and qualification mismatch and labour productivity using cross-country industry data for 19 OECD countries.

This paper explores the relationship between skill mismatch and public policies using micro data for 22 OECD countries from the recent OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC).

This paper compares supply and demand to assess to what extent there can be a market for GDP-linked bonds (GLBs).

Economic research has established that a large part of income disparities between poor and rich countries can be attributed to differences in governance and in the quantity and quality of human capital.

Living standards continue to diverge within many economically advanced countries as poorer regions struggle to catch up with richer ones. Half of the 34 OECD countries have seen the income gap between their best-off and worst-off regions widen since the 2008 crisis, according to new OECD research.

A new OECD/ EUIPO study maps counterfeit trade routes, and they’re complicated, writes Bill Below from the OECD Directorate for Public Governance.

Imports of Precision Instruments & Watches in Switzerland increased to 2588.10 CHF Million in March from 2191.30 CHF Million in February of 2020. Imports of Precision Instruments & Watches in Switzerland averaged 3276.53 CHF Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 90995.17 CHF Million in May of 2014 and a record low of 1297.10 CHF Million in January of 2016. This page includes a chart with historical data for Switzerland Imports of Precision Instruments & Watches.

Imports - Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Movement in Mexico decreased to 1311 USD THO in March from 1595 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports - Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Moveme in Mexico averaged 1688 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2570 USD THO in October of 2018 and a record low of 1159 USD THO in March of 2019. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Time Switches With Clock Or Watch Move.

Imports of Watch Movements, Complete & Assembled in Mexico increased to 132 USD THO in March from 115 USD THO in February of 2020. Imports of Watch Movements, Complete & Assembled in Mexico averaged 110.24 USD THO from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 183 USD THO in May of 2018 and a record low of 32 USD THO in January of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for Mexico Imports of Watch Movements, Complete & Assembled.

With new episodes launching today, now is the perfect time to revel in the cruel humour of the hit cartoon

FCA and group seek to clarify positions of BR Shetty and other leading shareholders

Join FT film critic Danny Leigh for a live chat on Friday May 1 at 12pm and 5pm UK time

‘The Whistlers’, ‘Becoming’, ‘Astronaut’, ‘Infinite Football’, ‘Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy’ and from 1976 ‘Mr Klein’, starring Alain Delon — all reviewed by Danny Leigh

FCA chief says regulators will lose faith in how US handles crises if regime changes

Financial Action Task Force said Gulf state not doing enough to stem dirty financial flows

Shadow Catchers, the latest exhibition at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, is a showcase for ‘camera-less’ photography – where images are captured directly on photographic paper without the use of a camera. Deputy arts editor Neville Hawcock and Francis Hodgson, the FT’s photography critic, discuss the ideas behind the exhibition, and the works of the five contemporary artists on show, with the show’s curator, Martin Barnes.  

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‘Robot and Frank’ paints a benign picture of silicon-based life-forms. But the film’s ‘near-future’ setting is one that often wrong-foots screenwriters  

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Artists responded vigorously to the confrontational politics of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership – but the vivid creativity of the time had its roots in an earlier era, argues the FT’s arts editor  

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Finding love in a time of corona is tricky, converting activity into paid accounts is harder yet

Pandemic forces rethink of luxury industry after cancellation of fairs

Global lockdown forces watchmakers to accelerate their digital transformation. Plus: Frédéric Arnault talks about Tag Heuer’s foray into smartwatches; smart jewellery translate sound for deaf people; and the value of vintage motorsport-themed watches is only going one way: up.

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

Tweaked timepieces popular with public but some original makers cry foul

Timepieces linked with F1 and other races have increased by up to 40 times since 2010

FCA warns failure to act could count against provider’s regulatory record

Industry regulator calls for vigilance over actions of employers during pandemic

Discovery in Zenith factory attic helps watchmaker claim the first all-black wristwatch title

Tag Heuer’s digital chief sees connected watches as a point of entry to the mechanical models

Promises of huge growth are yet to materialise — but there’s huge potential

New rules require banks to stick with a single rate after introductory deals

Move boosts chemicals group’s growing sports investment portfolio

Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures

Trump impeachment hearings go public

A few months ago, the idea of a hand-washing app would have seemed trivial, at best. We’re all adults here, right? We’ve been washing our hands our entire lives. But things change. It’s mid-April and we’re afraid to go outside and engage with other humans — and thorough hand-washing is one of very few tools […]

The 10 per cent plunge in Enterprise Inns’ share price on Tuesday surprised the company.

Shares in Mears, a smaller rival, came under pressure, losing 16 per cent of their value within a week

Shares in BG Group, the oil and gas explorer, hit a 30-month high earlier this week

Despite the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, global smartwatch shipments continued to grow during the first three months of the year, driven by online sales, says a new report by research firm Strategy Analytics. Shipments grew 20% annually to reach 13.7 million units in the first quarter of 2020, up from 11.4 million units […]

Update: We mistakenly noted in an earlier version that Chaudhri had been a part of Microsoft’s Hololens team. The story has been updated to remove the reference.  In his two decades at Apple, Imran Chaudhri worked on many of the company’s most iconic product lines, including the iPhone, iPad and Mac. The designer left the […]