Trump Suspended the 'Conflict Minerals' Provision of Dodd-Frank. That's Probably Good for Congo

Sep 27, 2018 | Nik Stoop, Marijke Verpoorten, and Peter van der Windt
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Most Americans think of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act as a far-reaching effort to regulate the financial services industry to prevent another global recession. But there’s a somewhat obscure provision involving Congo that the Trump administration has already undone. And that’s probably a good thing for Congo, since the provision had troubling unintended consequences and was not helping to reduce conflict, as intended.