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British Bankers' Association comments to European Commission Consultation on Financial Sector Taxation: http://www.bba.org.uk/download/6716 Union DEMANDS :- http://www.emf-fem.org/Areas-of-work/Industrial-Policy/Activities/FST (Click on EMF response....) Japanese Bankers'...

A limited number of contributions can be found by googling European Commission Consultation Paper on Taxation of the Financial Sector. e.g. http://www.ifcforum.org/news/news.php?id=1012 read Items 11, 12, 13, 14 etc. on FTT and FAT (No doubt all contributions will soon be published...

The consultation period concluded 19th April 2011. http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/resources/documents/common/consultations/tax/financial_sector/consultation_document_en.pdf Watch for publication of contributions on the internet.

http://www.managedfunds.org/downloads/MFA%20Comment%20letter%20on%20European%20Commission%20consultation.pdf

Increasing numbers of negative FTT comments lately under the usual pro-FTT advertorial columns - google:- Arguments Against are Bogus

G20 Text:- http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/g20-communique-idUSN1528616320110415 Polls predict Canada's Harper conservatives will likely be re-elected on the back of its economic stability. That'sjust one of most G20 refusers. G20 leaderships have far more to concern themselves...

http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1392201

This Bono-supporting World Vision leader Reverend pushing tax lunacy while not exactly living in poverty himself on (reported) $300K a year:- http://www.youngandgrumpy.com/2008/12/paris-hilton-vs-tim-costello-in.html

Juncker decides to throw himself a lifeline: - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-24/juncker-says-euro-area-transaction-tax-is-possible-wort-says.html :)

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbd80be0-5587-11e0-a00c-00144feab49a,s01=1.html#axzz1HTsqCwfA

http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/politics/euro-financial-transaction-tax-is-a-pipedream/1027888.article

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d69840a-4fe6-11e0-a37e-00144feab49a.html#axzz1GtkbVpSa Schauble careful not to rule out "failure" of ftt. Wonder of wonders.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110313-702467.html "European Union commissioner Michel Barnier Sunday said the introduction of a tax on financial transactions in Europe would be fair". http://www.cityam.com/news-and-analysis/eu-attack-irish-tax-rate "The European Council...

Well, G20 "dictatorships" will embrace that Goulard insult. Not. More of the same aggressive, hysterical language scraping the lowest depths of the diplomatic barrel. :)

They have dug themselves into a hole. Their face-saving savior might turn out to be the original IMF-recommended FAT (which has always been their most efficient, independantly workable option). G20 (disunified, unwieldy, cultural and political dissimilar bunch of refusers) will be further...

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110220-703211.html La Garde: "No matter what, along with other countries that are willing, we plan to put into place financial taxation," she said. "It would be ideal for everyone to agree to it but the problem today is that a certain number of...

G20 representatives should quickly tire of dictatorial orders such as "not giving priority to national interest" etc. (Irish Times) Feb 19:- France has pinpointed agreement on indicators to measure such imbalances as a core aim of its G20 presidency. It is pressing for a stronger role...

(Canada's Flaherty) : He reiterated Canada's opposition to any attempt to impose a financial transaction tax, saying that "we'll fight the good fight on that once again." As a matter of principle, Canada doesn't believe in dedicated taxes because, he said, they limit government discretion in...

"Canada and the U.S. also object to France's call for a charge on financial transactions to fund climate change and development commitments by major western countries." (Let them object, loud and clear). Read more...