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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8010

20 July 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 57
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/tobin tax

19/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Belgian Presidency plans to call on the European Commission for a feasibility study to be made on the Tobin Tax, said Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders, speaking on Wednesday before the committee on finance at the Belgian Chamber and Senate. Invented in 1972 by American economist James Tobin, this tax on exchange operations is one of the claims made by anti-globalisation movements. The Belgian Presidency had already announced its intention to speak...

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