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Taxation, Double

Convention signed at Washington November 6, 2003; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate December 9, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-14, 108th Congress, 1st Session); Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations March 4, 2004 (Senate Executive Report No. 108-9, 108th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate March 9, 2004; ratified by the President March 24, 2004; ratified by Japan March 26, 2004; Exchange of Instruments of Ratification at Tokyo March 30, 2004; entered into force March 30, 2004.  With protocol and exchange of notes.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future