Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scan QR code < / P > < p > < p > < p > on June 21, apple and Ireland, the European headquarters of Google, said on Friday that they were willing to negotiate a 15% global minimum corporate tax rate and make a "compromise" < p > previously, G7 agreed on a minimum global corporate tax rate of 15%, which is higher than Ireland's current 12.5%. Pascal Donohoe, Ireland's finance minister, said on Friday that "legitimate tax competition" worked and that Ireland would "very actively" participate in "tax rate negotiations < p > Icon: Google's European headquarters in Ireland < / P > < p > Donohoe said, "I really hope to reach an agreement that recognizes the role of small and medium-sized economies in legal tax competition." G7 agreed this month to set the global minimum tax rate at 15%, higher than Ireland's 12.5%. The US government, led by US President Joe Biden, pushed for the agreement, saying it would be a "critical step" to end decades of corporate tax competition < p > for a long time, Ireland has attracted many multinational companies with preferential interest rates, which also makes its neighbors worried. In 2016, Apple was targeted by the European Commission, requiring the company to pay about $15 billion in taxes. Apple filed an appeal < p > most large technology companies said this month that they welcome the lowest tax rate for global enterprises < p > Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president for global affairs, said: "Facebook has been calling for Global Tax Rule Reform for a long time, and we welcome the important progress made by the G7." When the tax agreement was announced, Donohoe said 139 countries would eventually join it. So it has to be effective for all parties, he said "It is in the interests of all parties to reach a sustainable, ambitious and fair agreement on the international tax architecture," he said at the time（ Chen Chen) < / P > < p > 1