President Donald Trump just signed an executive order directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to pause enforcing a much-used 1977 law that prohibits American companies and foreign firms from bribing officials of foreign governments to obtain or retain business.
“It sounds good, but it hurts the country,”
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