U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government officials while trying to win or retain business in their countries.

President Donald Trump to sign an executive order directing the Department of Justice to pause enforcing a law that prohibits American companies to bribe officials of foreign governments. The pause will be implemented to give the Trump administration time to examine whether the law puts U.

The President says his new executive order was needed because the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act puts US firms at a competitive disadvantage overseas

Trump orders Justice Department to stop enforcing foreign anti-bribery law - Trump orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to pause enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act