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Agreements To Boost Financial Services

February 2010 | Economic Analysis

he Bahamas government has signed a services agreement with the European Commission, supplementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in December 2008. The new agreement, which focuses on the islands' services and inward investment sectors, clarifies the legal framework regulating international business interests in the country.

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