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  • Mauritius offers India two islands in an effort to preserve tax treaty ["For strategic presence"]

    07/05/2012 5:51:12 PM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 4 replies
    The Times of India ^ | July 6, 2012 | The Times of India
    NEW DELHI: How far will a country go to secure a favourable deal for itself? Pretty far, it seems. Mauritius has offered a couple of sun-drenched islands to India as part of a trade and investment deal. While the offer has been talked about for a while, Mauritius has revived it - at a time when it's very keen on persevering with the 1983 double-taxation avoidance treaty with India. Mauritius foreign affairs and trade minister Arvin Boolell said that it was up to India to use the islands to its advantage. He said the "blue economy" had great potential. India...