Countries Still Debating Decision Process for UN Global Tax Deal

Countries helping draft the United Nation’s global treaty on tax cooperation are still at odds over how decisions should be made—whether by majority or consensus—according to a top official of the body.

Michael Lennard, chief of international tax cooperation and trade in the Financing for Development Office of the UN, said the committee’s aim is to reach a consensus approach, but added the committee’s chair, Ramy Youssef, is bearing in mind the negotiations must be concluded in August.

“There is a general feeling among a lot of countries that they do want to have a convention as broadly ...