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<p>The Government would expect a full negotiation of a double taxation agreement to
take between one and two years. However, there are so many variables involved in the
process and Government does not keep records of the average length of negotiations.</p><p>
</p><p>Negotiations are usually split into “rounds”, with one country visiting the
other for a week to discuss the negotiated text. A negotiation may have just one round
where the positions of both countries are largely aligned, but where there are particularly
complex issues involved it might require several rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The time between
rounds will also vary, depending on such factors as the resources and availability
of negotiators in both countries as well as the political environment, which can occasionally
reset a country’s negotiating position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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