EU member states give green light for FTT

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EU member states give green light for FTT

Salman Shaheen
January 23 2013
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Eleven EU member states now have the go-ahead to start negotiating the terms of the financial transactions tax (FTT) after EU finance ministers approved the implementation of the tax.

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