[burkaman]

I understand your point about lawsuit settlements being useless and hypocritical, but your main point about competitiveness is obviously not really relevant. There are tons of laws that undermine US business competitiveness in global markets. There are tons of laws that undermine domestic competitiveness too, that's just how our society is set up. Profit is not our first priority.

Anyway, when I referred to your "objection", it seemed like you were saying any laws affecting business outside the country are pointless and wrong. I don't think I know enough about the FCPA to discuss it specifically.