Federal Investigation has Guitar Maker Playing the Blues

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A fight between the Obama administration and iconic guitar manufacturer Gibson has reignited debate about just how much a U.S. company must know about its foreign trade partners and how much control it must exert over those from whom it buys.

The fight involves enforcement of recently amended U.S. environmental laws, and it has taken on greater dimensions as tea party activists and GOP presidential candidates have made it a rally cry. They cite the case as an example of excessive regulation by the Obama administration.

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Federal Investigation has Guitar Maker Playing the Blues

At issue is whether Gibson -- whose name is to guitars what Cadillac is to cars -- should have known about potential wrongdoing by its suppliers and whether U.S. companies must enforce the environmental laws of other countri...

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