Finally, Americans can be corrupt again in Thailand - with Trumps approval

[OneMoreFarang]

I guess that is what they call "conservative values":

 

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials | Trump administration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-order-foreign-bribery-act

[impulse]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess that is what they call "conservative values":

 

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials | Trump administration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-order-foreign-bribery-act

 

Don't you mean a welcome acknowledgement that there are places in the world where it's virtually impossible to do business without greasing a few gub'ment palms? 

 

Why should Americans concede that business to other countries that are less prudish in their FCPA laws?  Which is most of them...

 

MAGA.  Let Thailand (et al) deal with Thai (et al) corruption.  Not our job.

 

[Jingthing]

This isn't about expats.

It's about trashing the rule of law back home done by maga for the purposes of maga.

[Purdey]

I doubt the law was halted to allow corruption. Corruption is endemic in many countries.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Ok, but then require publicly traded US companies disclose these payments, including names of recipients and amounts, in their 10k filings and annual reports to shareholders.

[EVENKEEL]

31 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

This isn't about expats.

It's about trashing the rule of law back home done by maga for the purposes of maga.

According to the White House, the law puts US firms at a disadvantage to foreign competitors because they cannot engage in practices that are “common among international competitors, creating an uneven playing field”.

 

try reading before you go to the usual maga bs

[OneMoreFarang]

Americans often pretend they want to be the shining example how the world should be.

Is bribing something the world should learn from the USA. Should we all say the USA is allowing it, then it must be good?

 

And if Trump doesn't like it, then please go to congress and tell them to get rid of that law, officially, and for the world to see. 

[TimBKK]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess that is what they call "conservative values":

 

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials | Trump administration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-order-foreign-bribery-act

Elon needs to build a few factories overseas, easier to pay than to deal with pesky “regulations.”

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

According to the White House, the law puts US firms at a disadvantage to foreign competitors because they cannot engage in practices that are “common among international competitors, creating an uneven playing field”.

 

try reading before you go to the usual maga bs

You actually believe that? Hilarious.