U.S. Presses International Organizations on Corruption

On March 29, 1996, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Lang, speaking at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law, said that corruption and bribery are among the new topics the U.S. wants to raise at a biennial meeting of members of the World Trade Organization. Lang explained that companies frequently complain about bribery and corruption in international business and the distortion of trade and raising of the costs of business due to bribery...(more)