U.K. Proposed Special Laws to Meet FIFA World Cup Demands
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The U.K. government today released details of “special laws” and guarantees it would have had to give soccer’s governing body if England had won the right to host the 2018 World Cup.
The list of eight government guarantees was made public today following a Freedom of Information request from Bloomberg News during the bidding process. It reveals FIFA’s demands for tax exemptions, visa waivers and new laws to combat “ambush marketing.”