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A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to halt a ban prohibiting the Pentagon from doing business with companies lobbying for Alibaba (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: A US federal judge orders the Trump administration to halt a ban prohibiting the Pentagon from doing business with companies lobbying for Alibaba — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. won a US court ruling in its challenge to a Department of Defense blacklist, testing Washington's ability to curtail Chinese companies' activities.
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