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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10180

14 July 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Napolitano downplays Esta tax

Brussels, 13/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - On 8 July, the US secretary of state for homeland security, Janet Napolitano, downplayed the introduction of a tax on tourists visiting the US as part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). During a conference in Washington, she indicated: “I think the perception in Europe is that the fee is, in reality, a tax and is open to possible retaliation on that score. We hope it isn't”. She added that the EU representatives at Congress had been quite vociferous...

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