Source: Bloomberg
In order to avoid internal consumption and more powerful in the field of materials that are vital to science and technology in the future and China, the United States and the European Union are negotiating to contact countries with rich resources.
According to people familiar with the matter, the move is intended to combine the EU's high -level policy with the United States' attention to specific projects.
Specifically, the two sides intend to merge the EU's "key raw material club" with the EU's "key raw material club" with the main partnership of the Bayeng government.People familiar with the identity said that the European Union was postponed to the schedule after starting its own project at the Dubai 28 Climate Summit last year.
People familiar with the matter said that the new initiative of the "Mineral Security Partnership Forum" will coordinate buyers and countries with rich resources in developed countries and strive to cooperate in projects and policies.
As part of a broader economic security strategy, Washington and Brussels are seeking countermeasures to counter China's dominant position in the so -called key mineral supply chain, including investment in electric vehicles and other green energy technology.
The key to the two parties is to cooperate with countries with rich resources, and the United States and the European Union in the United States and the European Union such as investment, trade, research, and environment are deemed to replace China.
Although more than ten potential projects have been determined, the allies are facing difficult challenges.The process of mining or smelting projects is long and cost -effective, which means that Beijing's dominance may last decades.U.S. officials have acknowledged that it is impossible to replace China completely.
One of the people familiar with the matter said that the goal of the United States and Europe was to reach an agreement later this month and officially launched the project in March.Another person familiar with the matter said that the two officials will discuss the plan at a Munich Security Conference in Germany next week.
A U.S. State Council official who required anonymously said that the two sides believed that the two sides believed that the country's enrichment of the country caused the overlapping of related work and caused the risk of chaos.The official said that they also hoped to ensure that the West has consistent with many key minerals such as Chinese production and processing lithium, manganese, and cobalt, and correctly coordinates the mobilization of national finance and private enterprises.
The European Union has joined the US -led mineral security partnership with Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Britain.They hope to guide foreign investment to enter the field of green energy.
The European Union also signed its own mineral agreement with several countries, including cobalt supply accounted for about 70%of the world's Democratic Republic and Zambia.
US State Council officials also said that Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in C5+1 also expressed their interest in mineral safety partnerships.
