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World Business Report: First broadcast 2017/02/15 18:32 GMT: Trump Strikes Down Anti-Corruption Law for Oil & Mining Companies

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First broadcast 2017/02/15 18:32 GMT

First broadcast 2017/02/15 18:32 GMT: Trump Strikes Down Anti-Corruption Law for Oil & Mining Companies

Trump Strikes Down Anti-Corruption Law for Oil & Mining Companies

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Trump Strikes Down Anti-Corruption Law for Oil & Mining Companies

Supporters of the law say it would have increased transparency and reduced bribery

President Trump rescinded an anti-corruption law that forced energy and mining firms to disclose payments to foreign officials

President Trump's new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, had personally lobbied against the law when he was head of the giant US energy firm Exxon Mobil. The main US energy lobbying group is the American Petroleum Institute. Anti-corruption campaigners are not happy. We talk to Zorka Milin, senior legal adviser for Global Witness in Washington. Meanwhile, as the European Parliament approves a landmark free trade deal with Canada, who really stands to benefit from it?

(Photo description: Oil barrel marked with the symbol of anarchism is burned in Rio's downtown street. Photo by Luiz Souza/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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