PACIFIC: US accuses several countries of being tax havens
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The United States Congress is proposing tough new sanctions against nations deemed to be illegitimate tax havens. These include several Pacific nations - including Vanuatu, Nauru, Samoa and the Cook Islands. But critics say the tax systems of the US and other wealthy OECD nations are hardly a model of transparency themselves.
Marie-Noelle Ferrieux-Paterson, president of Transparency International Vanuatu; Jim Batty; former chairman of the Vanuatu Financial Centre Association
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
