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Tekedra Mawakana, eBay’s V.P. of Global Government Relations and Public Policy, met with Utah Governor Gary Herbert this week to thank him for his ongoing support for eBay and our corporate growth in the state.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) is narrowing the field of prospective US Senate appointments to replace incumbent Jeff Sessions (R).

After flirting last week with mounting a Republican primary challenge to embattled Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake - damaged among GOP base voters for his public and prolonged campaign feud with President Trump - Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Prescott) announced this week that he will seek re-election to a fifth term in the House next year and not run statewide.

The annual World Economic Forum in Davos is unique. It brings together thousands of world leaders from business, politics, academia and news media for an intense exchange of views that is rich in both content and perspective.

The International In-House Counsel Journal, the world’s leading independent journal written exclusively by commercial lawyers, has published an article authored by Hanne Melin, eBay Director of Global Public Policy, titled, “Platform-Enabled Commerce: Unlocking Economic Opportunity Through Independent Internationalization of Small Enterprises”.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) was confirmed as the new United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and she immediately resigned her gubernatorial position.

West Virginia Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-Huntington) confirms that he is considering launching a 2018 Senate challenge to Sen. Joe Manchin (D).

This week, Hanne Melin, eBay Director of Global Public Policy, spoke at the Basel Peace Forum, which is intended to inspire new and unconventional ideas for peacebuilding.

Today, eBay sponsored a panel discussion that focused on platform-enabled entrepreneurship and new enterprise creation in the United States during the most recent economic recovery.

Today, the eBay Public Policy Lab released a new report - Platform-Enabled Small Businesses and the Geography of Recovery – as part of their ongoing research into the trade and commercial activity of enterprises that use the online commerce platform.