Trialogue negotiations for the EU conflict minerals regulation continued on May 11th. Members of the EU Council, EU Commission and the EU Parliament met in Strasbourg, France to further discuss the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation. While the three parties continued to negotiate over mandatory vs.
A conflict minerals legislation has been in the works for the European Union since 2014. There have been many updates since then, but there are still some fundamental differences that need to be worked out.