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EU proposes responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones
High Representative (HR) of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton and Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht today (5 March) proposed an integrated EU approach to stop profits from trading minerals being used to fund armed conflicts. The package of measures will make it more difficult for armed groups in conflict-affected and high-risk areas to finance their activities through the mining of and trade in minerals. The focus of the approach is to make it easier for companies to source tin%
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