Conflict Minerals: White House Plans Directive Targeting 'Conflict Minerals' Rule: Sources

Feb 8, 2017 | Sarah N. Lynch and Emily Stephenson, Reuters
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President Donald Trump is planning to issue a directive targeting a controversial Dodd-Frank rule that requires companies to disclose whether their products contain "conflict minerals" from a war-torn part of Africa, according to sources familiar with the administration's thinking. Reuters could not learn precisely when the directive would be issued or what the final version would say. However, a leaked draft that has been floating around Washington and was seen by Reuters on Wednesday calls for the rule to be temporarily suspended for two years.