US lawmakers call for greater economic patriotism as inversions continue

Matthew Gilleard

July 24, 2014

The Senate Finance Committee this week held a hearing on proposals to reform the taxation of multinational enterprises, and given the recent trend of US companies inverting abroad, the hearing unsurprisingly focused on dealing with inversions.

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