Clean Diamond Trade Act / James T. Williams, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, James T.

Series:

Laws and legislation series.

Laws and legislation series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Clean Diamond Trade Act.

United States.

Diamond industry and trade--United States.

Diamond industry and trade.

Diamond mines and mining--United States.

Diamond mines and mining.

Foreign trade regulation--International cooperation.

Foreign trade regulation.

Diamond industry and trade--Law and legislation--Liberia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (98 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has used multiple U.S. agencies and a private, not-for-profit entity to implement the domestic and international provisions of the Clean Diamond Trade Act (CDTA). The Departments of State and the Treasury have led U.S. efforts to implement the domestic provisions of the act; State has led the U.S. efforts to curtail trade in conflict diamonds abroad. Domestically, the Departments of State, the Treasury, Homeland Security, and Commerce, and the private entity, called the U.S. Kimberley Process Authority (USKPA), have been responsible for controlling U.S. imports and exports of rough diamonds. Internationally, State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Geological Survey have helped to strengthen KPCS.Domestically, the U.S. systems for reporting rough diamond statistics and for controlling imports and exports of these diamonds are vulnerable to illicit trade. The United States has enhanced the quality of its rough diamond trade data by improving its collection processes, but work remains to be done. Also, the United States does not periodically inspect rough diamond imports or exports to ensure that the contents of the rough diamond parcels match the Kimberley Process certificates. In addition, the United States lacks an effective system for confirming receipt of imports--a Kimberley Process requirement for avoiding possible diversions of rough diamond imports.

Contents:

Conflict diamonds: agency actions needed to enhance implementation of the Clean Diamond Trade Act / United States Government Accountability Office

Kimberley process rough diamonds / Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs

Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control / Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury

Public Law 108-19, An Act: "Clean Diamond Trade Act."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61728-188-3

OCLC:

923662582