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The short arm of the law

机译：法律的短臂

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New legislation has just come into force in Britain extending anti-bribery laws to cover British nationals and companies abroad. For the Americans it is none too soon. Anti-bribery legislation covering American citizens abroad has been in force for a quarter of a century, and the American government has been battling for some time to persuade Britain that it has been failing in its commitments under an OECD convention on bribery that it signed at the end of 1997. The convention, now signed by 35 countries, decrees that "enterprises should not, directly or indirectly, offer, promise, give, or demand a bribe or other undue advantage to obtain or retain business." Anywhere. The Americans claim that, so long as legislation elsewhere falls short of their own Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) of 1977, they are at a disadvantage in bidding for international contracts. The FCPA outlaws the payment of bribes by American firms to foreign officials, political parties, party officials and candidates. The Department of Justice claims that, between early 1994 and early 2001, "the us government learned of significant allegations of bribery by foreign firms in over 400 competitions for international contracts val- ued at $200 billion. The practice is global in scope, with firms from over 50 countries implicated in offering bribes for contracts in over 100 buyer countries during the seven-year period."
机译：新的立法刚刚在英国生效，扩大了反贿赂法，以涵盖英国国民和海外公司。对于美国人来说还为时过早。涵盖美国海外公民的反贿赂立法已经实施了25年，美国政府一直在努力说服英国，根据《经合组织反贿赂公约》签署的承诺一直未履行承诺。该公约已由35个国家/地区签署，并于1997年年底颁布。该法令规定：“企业不应直接或间接地提供，承诺，给予或要求贿赂或其他不正当好处以获取或保留业务。任何地方。美国人声称，只要其他地方的立法不符合他们自己的1977年《反海外腐败法》（FCPA），他们在竞标国际合同方面处于不利地位。 《反海外腐败法》禁止美国公司向外国官员，政党，政党官员和候选人支付贿赂。司法部声称，在1994年初至2001年初之间，“美国政府获悉有关外国公司贿赂的重大指控，涉及400多项国际合同竞争，价值2000亿美元。这种做法在全球范围内，涉及公司在过去的七年中，有来自50多个国家的人涉嫌向100多个买方国家的合同行贿。”

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