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Originally Posted by MeoTwister5
Do governments actually support the DeBeer's monopoly on diamonds?
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Actually, no, not in the US anyway. There have been all sorts of anti-trust issues with them, and for a while their executives wouldn't even come to America for fear of being arrested on sight.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/bu...l?pagewanted=2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beer..._fixing_prices