Anand in DC as Trump admin makes case for critical mineral trade zone

The Canadian Press: Vice-President JD Vance told a room filled with foreign ministers and officials at the U.S. State Department the goal is to diversify “global supply in the critical minerals market while strengthening the partner countries who help all of us in the shared effort.”

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Ending China’s stranglehold on critical minerals became a key U.S. priority last year after U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war between the world’s two largest economies by imposing massive tariffs. Beijing responded with retaliatory duties and export restrictions on various critical mineral exports to the U.S., causing anxiety throughout supply chains…