US/president/EO/2025/02/10/2

[US:EO] Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security 2025/02/11 04:07

• URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/
• Posted: 2025-02-11T04:07:39+00:00 (date: 2025/02/11)
• Topics: US/president/EO Trump-Vance administration/corruption Trump-Vance administration/waste
• Summary: ...«overexpansive and unpredictable FCPA enforcement against American citizens and businesses – by our own Government – for routine business practices in other nations not only wastes limited prosecutorial resources that could be dedicated to preserving American freedoms, but actively harms American economic competitiveness and, therefore, national security.»

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• 2025/02/11 01:15 UTC [L..T] Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials «Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday directing the US justice department to halt prosecuting Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials to win business. [/] The order instructs the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, to pause prosecutions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 until she issues revised enforcement guidance that promotes American competitiveness.»