The United States and the European Union are expected to reach an agreement on the extraction of critical minerals.

You United States and the European Union According to reports, they are close to finalizing an agreement for the joint extraction and production management of critical minerals. BloombergThe new cooperation agreement would cover patterns, investments and joint projects on the topic of rare earthsThe European bloc and the North American country would also be discussing… possible tariffs for the mining marketThe central objective of this partnership would be to create new production chains that are less dependent on… China, a country that leads in the extraction of critical minerals. The Chinese market It is also the best supplied with large natural reserves of minerals that are strategic for various industries. According to the Bloombergboth European Commission how much office of the U.S. trade representative They declined to comment on the negotiations.

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