Somewhat aside: it's a bit of a shame the netherlands gets the blame in these tax-dodging stories, because the issue is actually that laws differ between countries (i.e. countries with laws identical to the netherlands aren't vulnerable to the tax dodge), and as it so happens, the netherlands' tax system is... not quite as crappy as that of most other countries. Still crappy, mind you. Just not as bad.

I.e. the appropriate solution would be for (e.g., to pick on a particularly bad tax code) the US and germany to simply dump their tax codes wholesale and copy the Netherlands, rather than the converse. Because seriously, some tax codes are just asking to be abused. Plug this hole, wait for the next one...

The cynical side of me doesn't think it's coincidental that the loopholes are so gaping. Oh well.

>Right now, industries in Eastern Europe are "not allowed" to trade directly with China, India or Russia

source?

Looks like the fake news production is in full power

This is such BS. Can you provide evidence?

It is wrong that they can't trade with China. Billions of dollars a month go to China to Europe in trade.

> Cui bono?

Belarus.