Charges Laid in Mississippi Bid Rigging Scheme and Government Staff Arrested on Train Tender Corruption Allegations in Estonia
By: Paul Emanuelli and Lisa Kuechler
This week, our Media Monitoring Team is taking note of charges being laid in a Mississippi bid rigging scheme, corruption allegations and the arresting of government staff in Estonia, and a winner-take-all defense contract for cloud services in the US.
FBI Lays Charges in Mississippi Bid Rigging Scheme
http://www.sunherald.com/news/local/crime/article207834419.html
Estonian Police Arrest Government Staff on Train Tender Corruption Allegations
https://news.err.ee/693700/police-arrest-four-tallinn-public-transport-company-employees
Moncton RFP Gets Political as Council Debates Local Preference
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/medavie-moncton-council-local-procurement-1.4606905
Steel Restrictions Spark Ontario-New York Trade War
https://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2018/04/02/ontario-fires-back-at-new-yorks-buy-american-policy.html
Mixed News on NAFTA Negotiations
https://globalnews.ca/news/4113697/nafta-andrew-leslie-negotiations-canada/
Sparks Fly Over Winner-Take-All Defense Contract for Cloud Services
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-04/pentagon-to-respond-on-cloud-contract-rivals-say-favors-amazon
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