Baucus Wants to Fast-Track Panama Agreement

Posted on May 21 2009

Baucus Wants to Fast-Track Panama Agreement ¬´ Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development.

Crazy

Mad

Or just bad judgement

I don't mind which - I just hope it does not happen

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  1. Nicholas Shaxson says:
    May 24 2009 at 3:13 pm

    Follow-up from Citizens for Tax Justice in the US, providing better news:
    http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/2009/05/another-win-in-the-war-against.htmlAssistant U.S. Trade Representative Everett Eissenstat told the Senate Finance Committee yesterday that the administration has put the Panama Free Trade Agreement on hold while the administration develops a “new framework” for trade. Some Democratic members of Congress have been pressuring the administration and Speaker Pelosi to delay approval of the agreement until a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) has been completed with Panama, a known tax haven.