The United States and the European Union reach a new agreement for the extraction of critical minerals.

This Friday (24), Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative, announced a new agreement between the North American country and European Union in the strategic mineral sectorThe partnership aims to to coordinate the exploration and processing of critical minerals and rare earth elements. jointly. Among the objectives of United States-European Union Action Plan for critical minerals the goal is reducing dependence on mineral imports from ChinaCurrently, the The Asian country dominates both the extraction and refining markets for these strategic minerals.A The new policy also covers the commercialization of these resources., with the goal of strengthening North American and European industries.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.