Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe also says that 17 countries around the world have discussed with the US on the US tax and that the US has reached some agreements with some countries.
He points out that Sri Lanka has also held 8 rounds of discussions with the US authorities on these new taxes and hopes that some good results will be achieved.
Minister Samarasinghe also states that Sri Lanka has also received the green light so far and that it cannot be revealed until the negotiations are concluded and that the final agreements will be announced by the two countries.
However, former Member of Parliament Saman Ratnapriya, who expressed his views on this matter at a media conference held in Colombo, said that Sri Lanka is not included in the tax agreements signed by the US President with new tariff rates. ”Sri Lanka is not on the US tax concession list. Government ministers are lying,” he said.