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Carl Levin: “You have an agreement which shifts the economic rights, the most valuable thing you have, to three Irish companies that…”

On the recordMay 20, 2013
You have an agreement which shifts the economic rights, the most valuable thing you have, to three Irish companies that pay no taxes.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin highlights the tax avoidance strategy involving Irish companies.

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