U.S. takes aim at China with stock delisting bill
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Aaron Nicodemus2020-05-27T20:10:00
The “Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act,” passed unanimously by the Senate and now headed to the House, looks to rein in accounting improprieties of Chinese-based companies listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange.
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