Expert Analysis

There has been rapid change in 2018 in the trade and customs space, bringing a multitude of challenges and opportunities for companies operating import and export businesses cross-border with China. Eric Zhou, Kevin Kang, Rachel Tao and Philip Xia describe the key challenges and opportunities faced by companies that operate global trade business with China.

The second year of the Trump administration has been predictably unpredictable. President Donald Trump set out to overhaul US trade and didn't mind insulting old friends to do so.

The OECD is taking too long to reach a global agreement on how to tax the digital economy and the European Union's proposals are too broad, say the governments wanting a solution today.

José Maria Cabral Sacadura and Vicente Pirrone of Cuatrecasas analyse the Sofina line of CJEU case law and assess when Portuguese withholding tax rules entitle foreign loss‑making companies to reimbursement

Olebogeng Ramatlhodi, Africa indirect tax leader, Deloitte Africa

Interview with Marjolijn van der Wal, partner, indirect tax, Deloitte Netherlands

Antonio Ruiz and Alejandra Arguedas of EY Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic explain how tax, geopolitical factors, and trade agreements shape foreign investment in Central America, offering guidance for companies navigating the region

David Hamzah Damian of DDTC Consulting examines recent procedural changes in Indonesia’s tax disputes process and the Supreme Court’s stance on tax evidence, highlighting key implications for taxpayers facing audits, objections, and appeals

Eddie Morris, Josep Serrano Torres, and Jen Breeze of Deloitte compare transfer pricing controversies in the pharmaceutical and automotive sectors, highlighting how DEMPE functions, regulation, and intangibles drive both common themes and sector-specific challenges

Monika Bieri and Daniel Schönenberger of Tax Partner use a Swiss lens to examine how workforce mobility is reshaping transfer pricing models, and why the location of key decision‑makers is becoming a critical tax risk

Patrik Sedlar and William Berntö of Svalner Atlas Advisors draw on case law to question whether the Swedish Tax Agency’s stance on recharacterising intra‑group intangible property licensing arrangements conflicts with the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines

Nicolas Duboille and Mathis Rossignol of Sumerson explain how France’s new withholding tax mechanism reshapes access to treaty relief and creates significant cash-flow and compliance implications