The International Center on Regulation and Taxation at Tholos Foundation provides research on international regulatory and tax policy, and is dedicated to educating policy makers, taxpayers and third party groups around the world. We advocate for free-market, low-tax and pro-competitive policies in the United States and internationally, and apply our knowledge across a variety of fields to highlight regulatory and tax issues within different policy making processes. The Tholos International Center on Regulation and Taxation comments regularly on many issues regarding international taxation and regulatory or antitrust reform.

Some of the key focus areas have been and continue to be the new rise of digital taxes, anti-competitive antitrust reforms and regulatory policy especially concerning the digital marketplace:

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  • International Property Rights Index —>
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  • IPSOS Estonia Vaping Polls —>
  • Belgian Vaping Infographic —>
  • Report about the 2022 Thailand Policy Innovation Forum —>

Please contact Andreas Hellmann at [email protected] for more information. 

2023 International Trade Barrier Index

May 25th 2023
KUALA LUMPUR, MY –– 5/10/2023 –– The Tholos Foundation today released the 2023 International Trade Barrier Index. Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan scored the top spots for trade liberalization. While Indonesia, Russia, and India ranked the worst for deploying the most trade barriers. The TBI measures direct and indirect trade barriers imposed by 88 countries affecting 72% of the world’s people and 96% […]

Report about the 2022 Thailand Policy Innovation Forum

December 16th 2022
The 2022 Thailand Policy Innovation Forum was organized by The Social Science Association of Thailand and Tholos Foundation and held in Bangkok, Thailand on July 11, 2022. Speakers discussed topics including the digital economy, economic liberalization, international property rights, and much more. The Policy Innovation Forum was covered extensively by Thai press. A report highlighting […]

Taxpayer Groups from 40 Countries Urge Rejection of OECD’s Global Minimum Tax

July 2nd 2021
In partnership with the World Taxpayers Associations, Americans for Tax Reform is leading a large international coalition of 76 conservative groups and activists from 40 different nations to oppose the implementation of a global minimum corporate tax rate.

Big-Spending EU Bureaucrats Want To Fleece American Companies Again

November 22nd 2020
The European Union can't keep up with the pace of innovation, growth, and success of American technology companies. This was true in the past but became undoubtedly apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Will Biden Defend America Against Europe’s Tax-Hungry Bureaucrats?

November 22nd 2020
European nations and many other countries around the world have unilaterally departed from over 100 years of accepted tax principles and imposed discriminatory digital taxes on U.S. companies based on global revenue. These new taxes pose unprecedented dangers to tax competition, innovation, and American and European economic growth and will lead to a dramatic and irreversible shift for the international tax system.

Australia’s Misguided Attack on American Companies

September 2nd 2020
America is the most innovative country in the world because American workers hustle to innovate and create new products and services. Competition is the key element to always strive for excellence and no government should be able to pick winners and losers. Unfortunately, at least one bureaucracy in Australia does not like the competition.

Europe’s New Digital Strategy to Target American Companies is Made in China

March 5th 2020
The European Union and its member states are not able to keep up with the pace of innovation and growth of American companies. And now they are resorting to Chinese tactics to undermine U.S. innovation.

In Europe, Fed Up Voters Send Message to EU Superstate

June 17th 2019
Often it is difficult to describe the outcome of an election with one word. This time it's different. Voters were fed up with an arrogant, bloated superstate bureaucracy. They voted to get their sovereignty back.
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