From one month ago, we missed it I guess: http://www.investmenteurope.net/inv...nce-to-the-proposed-financial-transaction-tax
EU wants to include financial services in U.S. trade talks http://finance.yahoo.com/news/eu-wants-financial-services-u-213551524.html?l=1
If there is a free trade agreement, will it be harder for exchanges to impose different fees on FTT countries or refuse access to FTT infected institutions? That's bad if it's the case...
URL: www dot washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-its-time-to-tax-financial-transactions/2013/03/04/d496d738-8516-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html Another opinion article on the topic. Replace the 'dot' above with '.' for the real url.
The group of finance ministers from the 17 countries using the euro were on standby Monday for a possible conference call later in the day to assess the outcome of discussions among party leaders in Cyprus. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the president of the group, had declined Saturday to rule out taxes on depositors in countries beyond Cyprus, although he said such a measure was not being actively considered. <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/b...ets-drop-on-latest-euro-concerns.html?hp&_r=0> draw your own conclusions.
Good but logical news. I am quite sure EU 11 institutions will end up paying for both parties, EU 11 finance is dead, especially brokers.