So this means no repayment of principal on these bonds for 27 years.

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Depending upon the amount of registered capital invested, the foreign shareholder may make shareholder loans to the WFOE, with payments of interest and repayment of principal not subject to profitability.

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Risk: It will be argued that Western banks and possibly the international financial system as a whole will be badly damaged by any interruption in repayment of outstanding principal and interest due on Soviet debt beyond the already agreed debt rescheduling of principal-only for 1992.

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In this case, the repayment of the loan principal by the guarantor will give rise to gift tax liability on the part of that individual.

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Woosung Tire can thank its creditor banks for most of its profits: they agreed to waive interest and principal repayment on its debt, allowing it keep the money as earnings.

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