Saturday, April 11, 2020

The International Trade and Investment Organization (ITIO) #2



News Releases:

IT’S OFFICIAL: OECD TAX PROJECT DEPENDS ON LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
Finance centres expect joint working group to meet soon.
23 October 2003


EU CONCESSIONS THREATEN OECD TAX TIMETABLE

10 October 2003

EUROPE THREATENING OECD'S PLANS TO SWAP TAX INFORMATION
24 March 2003
SMALL STATES TACKLE DISCRIMINATION
20 March 2003


NEWS RELEASE ARCHIVES

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ITIO in the News: 

FINANCIAL STANDARDS COME UNDER FIRE
Financial Times
01 May 2007
FINANCIAL CENTRES WORKING TOWARD ‘LEVEL PLAYING FIELD’
Barbados Advocate.com
22 October 2003

SWISS BANKING SECRECY UNDER PRESSURE

Swissinfo.org
15 October 2003
OECD HAVENS PLANS FACING COLLAPSE, SAYS OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTERS LOBBY
Daily Tax Report, Bureau of National Affairs
14 October 2003

OECD TAX PLAN FACES COLLAPSE
Financial Times (European edition)
10 October 2003

UNBEHAGEN DER STEUEROASEN

Neue Zürcher Zeitung
11 October 2003

DRIVE TO END TAX EVASION RUNS INTO NEW OBSTACLE
Financial Times (UK edition)

10 October 2003
OFF-SHORE CENTRES WORRIED BY EU SAVINGS BILL
Forbes.com
10 October 2003

A QUESTION OF TRUST

International Money Marketing

13 July 2003

CASHING IN ON A PARADISE ISLAND
Accountancy Age

23 January 2003

"ITIO in the NEWS" ARCHIVES


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Commentary: 
A Level Playing Field for Tax Information Exchange?Richard J Hay, Tax Planning International Review
September 2003

Information Exchange and Global Economic Regulation: For Whose Benefit?
 - Dr Terry Dwyer, Australian National University.

Global Competition in Offshore Business Services: Prospects for Developing Countries - Rajiv Biswas, Commonwealth Secretariat

Offshore Financial Centres and the Supranationals: Collision or Cohabitation? - Richard J Hay, Stikeman Elliott (Chase Journal, September 2001)

WTO Compatibility of the OECD 'Defensive Measures' against 'Harmful Tax Competition' - Dr Roman Grynberg and Ms Bridget Chilala, Commonwealth Secretariat, September 2001

Potential WTO Claims in Response to Countermeasures under the OECD's Recommendations Applicable to Alleged Tax Havens
 - Stephen J. Orava, Baker & McKenzie, October 2001

Think Again: Money Laundering - Nigel Morris-Cotterill (Foreign Policy, May-June 2001)

The OECD, Harmful Tax Competition And Tax Havens: Towards An Understanding Of The International Legal Context - Professor William Gilmore, Faculty of Law University of Edinburgh. (from Commonwealth Secretariat website)

The Implications of The OECD Harmful Tax Competition Initiative for Offshore Financial Centres Paper - Commonwealth Secretariat (from Commonwealth Secretariat website)

OECD Curbs on International Financial Centres: a Major Issue for Small States - B Persaud (from Commonwealth Secretariat website)

The OECD "Harmful Tax Competition" Initiative - Michael P Devereux (from Commonwealth Secretariat website)
Speeches: 

Statements by ITIO members at the opening session of the OECD Global Forum, 14 October 2003

SPEECHES ARCHIVES


 2002
 2001

Contact Details
ITIO Secretariat
C/o Ministry of Industry and International Business
The Business Centre
Upton
St Michael
Barbados
Tel: (+246) 430 2200
Fax: (+246) 228 6167