EUROPEAN ACCOUNTANTS HOPE EU-US FREE TRADE AGREEMENT COULD DELIVER MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS

EUROPEAN accountants are looking to the negotiations for a free trade agreement between the USA and the European Union (EU) with the hope that it will make it easier for them to switch shores of the Atlantic to practice their profession.With the EU and the US stressing they want to make a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) a successful 21st century free trade agreement removing regulatory barriers as well as duties, accountants in Europe think it could promote additional professional harmonisation in the European and American financial ...


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