The US Treasury Secretary has objected to the European Union's decision to put American Samoa and Guam on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.
Steven Mnuchin has written to the Secretary-General of the Council of the EU, recommending the two US territories be removed from the list.
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Mr Mnuchin said as US territories, American Samoa and Guam participated in the international community through the United States.
Last month, the EU blacklisted 17 countries in a crackdown on tax avoidance, and put another 47 on a list to make reforms to avoid being labelled tax havens.
American Samoa, Guam, Palau and Samoa were named as non-compliant jurisdictions in the first EU blacklist of tax havens.
Six Pacific countries were put on the grey list: Fiji, Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Vanuatu and New Caledonia.