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Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to halt the enforcement of a US anti-corruption law, which bars Americans from bribing foreign government officials to win business abroad.
The president signed an executive order on Monday directing Pam Bondi, the US attorney-general, to pause enforcement of the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“It’s going to mean a lot more business for America,” Trump said in the Oval Office.
A White House official said: “American national security depends on America and its companies gaining strategic commercial advantages around the world, and President Trump is stopping excessive, unpredictable FCPA enforcement that makes American companies less competitive.”
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