Failure in the BEPS project could well result in countries taking unilateral, inconsistent actions.
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The United States has a great deal at stake in the BEPS project and a strong interest in its success.
I think there is a growing chorus out there among some of my friends on the other side of the aisle to use corporate inversions as a political wedge issue in this election year.
The ultimate answer to this problem--and the only way to completely address the issue of inversions--is to reform our tax code.
The approach in the proposed anti-inversion legislation is so misguided it reminds me of an old joke.
I think that is not only stupid, I think it is going to result in consequences that nobody wants.
I am greatly concerned about these corporate inversions.
I think we are right to expect that the Treasury Department will aggressively represent American employers and their workers in the BEPS negotiations.
We should not be rushed into accepting a bad deal just for the sake of reaching an agreement.
Our primary goals should be to make the U.S. a better place to do business and to allow American companies to more effectively compete with their foreign counterparts in the world marketplace.
I think we can all agree that addressing the shortcomings of our international tax system is a critical step on the road toward comprehensive tax reform.
We really cannot afford to wait, and I want to personally express my regard for our chairman of this committee.
We know that China in particular is systematically stealing critical information from hundreds of U.S. companies.
I think Senator Hatch's bill, where it requires, say, Border Patrol, the Customs people, to actually, if there is a product coming into the States that says Kimber Kable on it, contact us and say, we do not think this is yours, because we…
I believe that your efforts to introduce the Customs reauthorization bill will have a measurable benefit to me and to the CEA members and the U.S. economy, if passed.
The success of our manufacturing sector is vital. Nearly 12 million Americans are directly employed by manufacturing.
I agree with you that updating the Information Technology Agreement would help you and other companies across the United States access growing foreign markets.