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Finland wants FTT, says foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja

Salman Shaheen
June 14, 2012
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Erkki Tuomioja, Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, has said the government wants to introduce a financial transaction tax (FTT), but not unilaterally.

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