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U.S. Senators Request Exchange of Information Amendments in Pending Treaties/Protocols

23 June 2016

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Treaty Development

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U.S. Senators Rand Paul R-KY, Michael Lee R-UT and Ted Cruz R-TX have sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew requesting amendments to the exchange of information articles in the pending tax treaties with Chile, Hungary and Poland, and the protocols updating the exchange of information articles (among others revisions) in the treaties with Japan, Luxembourg, Spain and Switzerland. Specifically, the Senators request that the exchange of information articles be amended to include a requirement that information about U.S. citizens be exchanged only for cause and with individualized suspicion. The treaties and protocols were approved by the U.S. Senate...