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WASHINGTON – – President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to combat ticket scalping, a step with which consumers are supposed to protect against inflated prices and unfair practices in the ticket industry.

Trump aims at unfair ticket with the execution of executive order

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The order is announced together with the musician Kid Rock and directs the US Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Trade Commission to enforce competitive laws, Bots Act and the ticket transparency requirements. It also assures the finance minister and Attorney General that the ticket calps correspond to the Internal Revenue Code.

“The artist that you go out with a 100 dollar ticket and it sells the following night for 2,000 US dollars and seem to be able to sweep the best places,” said Trump on Monday.

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President Donald Trump and Kid Rock in the Oval Office for the signing of an executive regulation, which according to Trump will help to contain the ticket calping (the white house) (the white house)

Bots and inflated prices that were addressed in a new procedure

“You can buy a ticket for $ 100. If you check it out, it is 170 US dollars. You don’t know what you were charged for,” said Kid Rock. “But what is even more important, the bots, you know, they come in, you will get all good tickets for your favorite shows you want to go to, and then you will be resumed immediately for 400-500% Markup.”

The executive regulation requires a report within 180 days of measures to address unfair practices and recommendations for legislative changes. The measure corresponds to the cross -party efforts to support artists and to ensure fair access to live events.