Thursday, July 19, 2007

SFRC Treaties Hearing

On Tuesday, July 17, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the pending tax, intellectual property, and commercial treaties listed below. The prepared remarks of the witnesses can be found here.
  • Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States and Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital (Treaty Doc. 109-18)
  • Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States and Denmark for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty Doc. 109-19)
  • Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States and Germany for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other Taxes (Treaty Doc. 109-20)
  • Convention Between the United States and Belgium for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Accompanying Protocol (Treaty Doc. 110-3)
  • Patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under the Patent Law Treaty (Treaty Doc. 109-12)
  • The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Treaty Doc. 109-21)
  • The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc. 110-2)
  • Protocol to the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8)