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Amex GBT-CWT lawsuit, brought under Biden, dropped by Trump DOJ

By Ilana Kowarski and Wesley Brown ( July 29, 2025, 23:44 GMT | Insight) -- Corporate travel and event planners American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings no longer face a US federal challenge to their planned merger, because the Trump administration’s Department of Justice Antitrust Division voluntarily withdrew a complaint that the Biden-run DOJ had unveiled less than two weeks before Republicans took over the agency.Corporate travel and event planners American Express Global Business Travel and CWT Holdings no longer face a US federal challenge to their planned merger, because the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division under President Donald Trump voluntarily withdrew a complaint that the DOJ had unveiled with less than two weeks left under the Biden administration....

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