Browne: Trinidad and Tobago is getting compliant with EU tax rules Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne. MINISTER of Foreign Affairs Dr Amery Browne was confident that Trinidad and Tobago was progressing towards being removed from the European Union's list of 12 countries deemed non-compliant for tax purposes. He was speaking in the Senate on Tuesday in reply to a listed question by Opposition Senator Wade Mark. The European Council on its website listed the dozen countries or "non co-operative jurisdictions for tax purposes" as American Samoa, Anguilla, Dominica (new), Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Samoa, TTo, US Virgin Islands, Vanuatu and Seychelles. The website says the list was a tool against tax fraud/evasion, tax avoidance and money laundering.