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Alibaba Gets Reprieve on Lobbying Ban Tied to Do D Blacklist

A federal judge ordered the Pentagon to give Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. a reprieve from a law that caused all of its lobbyists to drop it as a client while she considers the constitutionality of the measure, in a case set to test the US’s ability to curtail Chinese companies’ activities.

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What happened Alibaba Gets Reprieve on Lobbying Ban Tied to Do D Blacklist.
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Left / center-leftAlibaba gets reprieve on lobbying ban tied to Do D blacklist

Fortune · Center-left · News report

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BloombergNews report · Jul 5, 6:20 PM

Alibaba Gets Reprieve on Lobbying Ban Tied to Do D Blacklist

A federal judge ordered the Pentagon to give Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. a reprieve from a law that caused all of its lobbyists to drop it as a client while she considers the constitutionali...

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FortuneNews report · Jul 5, 8:42 PM

Alibaba gets reprieve on lobbying ban tied to Do D blacklist

On June 8, the Pentagon added Alibaba to its roster of Chinese military companies operating in the US known as the 1260H list.

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