Critical Minerals Are at the Heart of Trump’s Foreign Policy

Since US President Donald Trump re -introduced his post, analysts have struggled to understand the wrong foreign policy of his administration. But as Christina Lu wrote from FP, many of his agenda betrays one of them through the line: “potential access to China -free supply chains of critical minerals.”

Critical minerals, which include lithium and rare land elements, support the defense and energy sectors. It is necessary for technologies from chips to F-35 combat aircraft-and it is currently the United States strongly depends on China for these resources.

Since US President Donald Trump re -introduced his post, analysts have struggled to understand the wrong foreign policy of his administration. But as Christina Lu wrote from FP, many of his agenda betrays one of them through the line: “potential access to China -free supply chains of critical minerals.”

Critical minerals, which include lithium and rare land elements, support the defense and energy sectors. It is necessary for technologies from chips to F-35 combat aircraft-and it is currently the United States strongly depends on China for these resources.

But can the Trump administration tactics actually reduce China’s strangle on critical metal supply chains? How much will storing these resources to enhance US national security? Articles and report below cut noise and offer a real look at the race for this powerful material.

Trump’s chaotic agenda is critical through the line

What is Greenland, Canada and Ukraine? Critical minerals, Kristina Lu writes from FP.

A vial full of rare land after extracting electronic waste at the Orleans Research and Mining Research Office, France, on June 22, 2021.Christopaut/AFP via Getty Images

Rich countries storing critical metals are not a plan

Patrick Schroeder writes: The global racing of resources should not become another global risk.

Workers run the machines in an open titanium mine in the Zhytomyr region in Ukraine on February 28. Roman Bilby/AFP via Getty Image

Ukraine minerals will not solve American supply chain problems

The facts of the market will lead to the conversation points in Trump, Joshua Bossby and Emily J. Holland, Morgan de Bazelian.

US President Donald Trump will participate in a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on November 9, 2017.Thomas Peter/Getty Pictures

How strong is the rare land card in China?

Washington is making big movements, but Beijing has a strong hand, as Christina Lu wrote from FP.

A XRF gun is used to determine the purity of raw in a trading warehouse in the craft copper mine in Kamilombe, near the city of Kolwezi in the southeastern Republic of the Congo, on June 20, 2023.Emmet Livingstone/AFP via Getty Images

What does the critical metal race mean for women?

Jessica Anania writes Jessica Anania: She is decisive to the success of mining, but she bore her negative consequences in an inconsistent manner.