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EU, US to consider coordinated trade policies for critical minerals, draft text says

By Cynthia Kroet and Luca Bertuzzi ( April 23, 2026, 18:28 GMT | Insight) -- The EU and US aim to work together to support the supply of critical minerals crucial to their commercial and defense industries — through possible coordinated trade policies and mechanisms including market and trade measures like price floors — says a draft version of the strategy seen by MLex. The cooperation aims to secure diversified supply and to ensure fair competition, and both sides will explore the possibility of a "plurilateral agreement on trade in critical minerals."The EU and US aim to work together to support the supply of raw and processed critical minerals crucial to their commercial and defense industries — through possible coordinated trade policies and mechanisms including market and trade measures like price floors — in a bid to secure diversified supply, ensure fair competition and cooperate on export restrictions, according to a draft version of the strategy seen by MLex....

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