President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to halt the enforcement of an anti-corruption law that bars companies operating in the US from bribing foreign government officials to win business.
The executive order from the White House pauses the enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which has been a vital tool for US authorities in targeting corporate misconduct for almost 50 years.
When it was introduced in 1977, the law only applied to US persons, a legal definition that included companies, citizens and residents, before it was expanded in 1998 to also cover foreign companies operating in America.
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