Trump Suspends Enforcement of US Anti-Bribery Law

The president orders to suspend actions taken under the 'Foreign Corrupt Practices Act' until new guidelines are outlined

Trump’s pause on foreign bribery laws places US department of justice case into Digicel in limbo

Digicel said in November that it had made a voluntary disclosure to the US department of justice of information ‘relating to possible violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act’

Trump pauses enforcement, orders review of foreign corruption act

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ordered a pause and review of a law that has defined the activities of U.S. business overseas for nearly five decades, claiming that the strict prohibitions against bribing foreign officials strangle American competitiveness in a tough global market.   "It's going to mean a lot more business for America," Trump said as he signed the order on Monday for the Department of Justice to pause ongoing investigati…

Trump Halts Enforcement of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Fires Head of Government Ethics Office

President Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the Department of Justice to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, which bars U.S. citizens from bribing foreign government officials to win business. Separately, Trump fired the head of the Office of Government Ethics on Monday. David Huitema was nominated by President Biden and confirmed last November by the Senate, before Trump fired him just weeks into his five-ye…

Trump's halt of US law banning business bribes abroad raises specter of a 'Wild West' of dealmaking

President Donald Trump's decision to pause enforcement of a law banning companies from bribing foreign government officials threatens to upend a half-century of U.S. policy embraced by both Republican and

Trump won’t enforce law that bars US firms from bribing foreign Officials

“It’s a really good time to be a corrupt official in Russia or Asia.”