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Executive Order Prohibits Trade with Zimbabwe’s Minerals Marketing Corporation
By B. Earth | August 1, 2008
President George W. Bush signed an executive order to expand sanctions against Zimbabwe. The executive order prohibits individuals and entities closely linked with President Robert Mugabe to operate with U.S. firms. It also forbids U.S. residents and businesses from conducting financial or commercial transactions with rough diamond supplier Minerals Marketing Corporation (MMC) of Zimbabwe, and the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation.
Topics: Conflict Diamond Issues, Mining Issues |