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As you’re probably well aware, election season is once again upon us. Like we’ve done in the past, we are providing voting tools for you on the eBay Main Street website.

Will Congress pass an Internet sales tax in the “lame duck” session?

Learn about the current state of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and what we expect to happen on this subject as the year progresses.

eBay and Gumtree join other e-commerce and social media companies to support a global wildlife policy framework, aimed at combating the illegal online trafficking of animal parts. The policy framework simplifies shopping guidelines, identifies banned products and closes loopholes that facilitate wildlife trafficking.

Recently, eBay was pleased to host Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and his wife, Ambassador Maria Nazareth Farani de Azevêdo, at our headquarters in San Jose, California.

Four states - Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin - held primaries yesterday for several local, state and federal races. In case you missed it, here are the highlights of the primary results.

Last week, Representative Barbara Comstock (R-VA/10) hosted two eBay sellers – Chris Hansen (C2 Management) and Jeff Bollettino (Metro DC Music) – at her district office for a roundtable policy discussion on Internet sales tax (IST).

This week InsideCounsel magazine announced eBay VP of Government Relations & Public Policy Tekedra Mawakana had won a prestigious award.

Last week members of the Government Relations team traveled to eBay’s OPEN seller celebration in Las Vegas, NV.

Last week, eBay Government Relations and Friends of eBay teamed up to host Startup Global NYC at eBay’s New York City office.