GENEVA -- Nationalist and left-wing lawmakers in the Swiss parliament have blocked a treaty with the United States in which Switzerland would hand over files on thousands of suspected tax cheats to U.S. authorities. A majority of 104 lawmakers in Switzerland's lower house have voted against the deal painstakingly forged last August between Bern and Washington. Seventy-six votes were cast in favor with 16 abstentions. Tuesday's vote is a defeat for the Swiss government, which had hoped to rid...
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