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U.S.-Polish Agreement	U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Poland Victor Ashe and Jolanta Fedak, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Republic of Poland, signed a U.S.-Polish Social Security Agreement during a ceremony held in Warsaw, Poland, on April 2, 2008. The agreement must now be submitted to the U.S. Congress and the Polish Parliament for review.
U.S.-Swedish Supplementary Agreement	A Supplementary Agreement revising the U.S.-Swedish Social Security agreement is effective November 1, 2007 . This supplementary agreement revises the U.S.-Swedish Social Security agreement that has been in effect since 1987. The supplementary agreement amends the original agreement to update and clarify several of its provisions to take account of changes in U.S. and Swedish laws which have occurred since the original agreement was signed. The primary purpose of the supplementary agreement, however, is to revise the original U.S.-Swedish totalization agreement to take into account a major reform of the Swedish Social Security pension system that was enacted several years ago.
U.S.-Czech Agreement Signing	U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Richard W. Graber and Pter Nečas, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic, signed a U.S.-Czech Social Security Agreement during a ceremony held in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 7, 2007. The agreement must now be submitted to the U.S. Congress and the Czech Parliament for review.
U.S.-Danish Agreement Signing	U.S. Ambassador to Denmark James Cain and Eva Kjer Hansen, the Danish Minister for Social Affairs, signed a U.S.-Danish Social Security Agreement during a ceremony held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 13, 2007. The agreement will become effective October 1, 2008.
U.S.-Japanese Agreement	The U.S.-Japanese Social Security agreement entered into force on October 1, 2005. The agreement, which was signed by former Commissioner Barnhart and Japanese Ambassador Kato in Washington, D.C. on February 19, 2004, will eliminate dual social security contributions on the same earnings, resulting in approximately 15,600 U.S. workers and their employers sharing in tax savings of about $630 million over the first five years of the agreement.


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