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This would result in double taxation of foreign earnings that are also taxed by a foreign country, but foreign taxes generally can be claimed as a credit against U.S. taxes on foreign earnings.

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Meanwhile, foreign investors have also been wary of entering the country amid a delay in key reforms.

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In his speech he also said the country was in a vicious circle of austerity and recession and acknowledged that Portugal's foreign debt, now twice as high as Portugal's annual output, was unsustainable.

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He is also excited about investment opportunities in consumer business when the country opens its consumer market to foreign companies in 2009 as a part of its commitment with the WTO.

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He also earlier this year took the Foreign Relations Committee to Mexico -- the first time the committee held a hearing in a country other than the United States.

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The shadow home secretary also called for the creation of a "dedicated UK Border Police" in order to "prevent foreign terror suspects from entering the country in the first place".

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