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The presidential political primary season ended with the District of Columbia Democratic primary where presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton captured 79% of the vote.

Now that the primary process is complete, we can officially declare Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump the respective Democratic and Republican presidential nominees.

Recently, Brian Bieron, Executive Director of the eBay Public Policy Lab, was the featured guest on the Center for International Private Enterprise (@CIPEglobal) “Democracy That Delivers” podcast.

Recently, South Dakota (SD) enacted sales tax legislation that violates the Supreme Court–established standard of nexus by requiring out-of-state retailers selling more than $100,000 annually into the state, or engaging in 200+ transactions with South Dakotans, to collect and remit SD sales taxes.

eBay Government Relations has worked around the country to educate state and federal policy makers about StubHub, the primary and secondary ticket markets, and those policies – both good and bad – that impact StubHub and our fans.

Earlier this month, eBay sellers converged on Paris to share their digital and international entrepreneurship experience to those administrations in charge of defining the future of e-commerce policies both in France and in the European Union.

Yesterday eBay hosted Utah State legislators Senator Fillmore, Rep. Cutler and Rep. Hall, and Utah Clean Energy (UCE) representatives on a tour of eBay’s award-winning, LEED ‘Gold’ Certified data center in South Jordan, Utah.

Last week Brian Bieron, Executive Director of the eBay Public Policy Lab, participated in a panel discussion at a Trade conference organized by The George Washington University and the World Bank.

There is nothing “fair” about the misnamed Marketplace Fairness Act, which would force Granite State small businesses to become sales-tax collectors for other states.

As we celebrate our 53rd National Small Business Week, it is important to reflect on the value that the 28 million small businesses in the U.S. bring to not only the American economy, but to the American dream as well.