EU tax haven blacklist sparks Caribbean reaction

Caribbean leaders reacted to EU finance ministers' actions Tuesday with its blacklist of tax havens, including an assurance from Bahamas' deputy prime minister KP Turnquest of a swift reversal on placement on the list and expressions of relief and consternation from a top Saint Lucia politician.

The EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council added the Bahamas, Saint Kitts and Nevis and the US Virgin Islands to its blacklist of non-cooperative tax jurisdiction, also removing St. Lucia, which had been on the list since the