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Treasury Secretary on Monday made&nbsp;the case for a global minimum rate as she pushes President Biden's plan to increase levies on U.S. corporations in order to fund his $2.25 trillion spending proposal. In a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Yellen called&nbsp;for&nbsp;global coordination on taxes paid by multinational corporations&nbsp;— part of an effort to crack down on companies that relocate in search of lower rates. Yellen's comments were first reported by&nbsp;. "Competitiveness is about more than how U.S.-headquartered companies fare against other companies in global merger and acquisition bids,"&nbsp;Yellen said. "It is about making sure that governments have stable tax systems that raise sufficient revenue to invest in essential public goods and respond to crises, and that all citizens fairly share the burden of financing government." Yellen's remarks come as the Biden administration seeks to raise the rate paid by American corporations from 21% to 28%, one of the ways the White House plans to pay for the so-called American Jobs Plan, a sweeping,&nbsp;eight-year initiative that&nbsp;will make massive investments in the nation's roads and bridges, as well as transit systems, schools and hospitals.Biden is also exploring raising the&nbsp;global minimum tax on U.S. corporations to 21% from about 13%.But global rates have been falling in recent years, including in the U.S. In 2017,&nbsp;former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans slashed&nbsp;the rate from 35% to 21%. Nine countries recently reduced&nbsp;their rates, and the average corporate rate in the G7 is 24%, according to the ."We are working with&nbsp;G20 nations&nbsp;to agree to a global minimum corporate tax rate that can stop the race to the bottom," she said.The White House&nbsp;is already facing headwinds over the proposed tax hikes: Both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and&nbsp;Business Roundtable, which is comprised of CEOs from some of the nation's biggest&nbsp;companies, warned that forcing corporations to pay more in federal taxes would ultimately derail the economy's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic."Business Roundtable strongly opposes corporate tax increases as a pay-for for infrastructure investment," CEO Joshua Bolten said in a statement. "Policymakers should avoid creating new barriers to job creation and economic growth, particularly during the recovery.”Recent&nbsp;&nbsp;from the Tax Foundation show that&nbsp;Biden's plan to raise corporate taxes&nbsp;would reduce GDP, the broadest measure of goods and services produced in the country, by 0.8% and eliminate&nbsp;159,000 jobs. It would also&nbsp;reduce workers' wages by 0.7%, the nonpartisan organization said.

Treasury Secretary on Monday made&nbsp;the case for a global minimum rate as she pushes President Biden's plan to increase levies on U.S. corporations in order to fund his $2.25 trillion spending proposal. In a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Yellen called&nbsp;for&nbsp;global coordination on taxes paid by multinational corporations&nbsp;— part of an effort to crack down on companies that relocate in search of lower rates. Yellen's comments were first reported by&nbsp;. "Competitiveness is about more than how U.S.-headquartered companies fare against other companies in...

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