Re: EU vs. the Swiss

2002-09-08 Thread pms
> Some EU member states have said they would give up their own banking secrecy > only if Switzerland and five other financial centres outside the EU - the United > States, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Monaco - were to do the same. > How is the US like these places? And how are they dif

EU vs. the Swiss

2002-09-08 Thread Ian Murray
EU threat to Swiss tax haven secrecy Charlotte Denny Monday September 9, 2002 The Guardian Switzerland is facing the threat of financial sanctions from the European Union unless it lifts the secrecy cloaking its financial system. Finance ministers, enraged at the refusal to hand over informatio