U.S. seeks price floors and tariffs to counter China’s grip on critical minerals Washington announced new bilateral critical minerals agreements with 11 countries. A new "Forege" partnership aims to ...

United States Vice President JD Vance has proposed creating a new critical mineral trading bloc and coordinating pricing floors as Washington tries to loosen China’s control over rare earth mineral ...

Move aimed to curb China’s stranglehold on key elements needed for modern life WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday unveiled plans to marshal allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, proposing coordinated price floors as ...

US Proposes Critical Minerals Trade Bloc Aimed at Countering China By Michael Martina, Simon Lewis and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday unveiled ...

The US is urging dozens of countries to follow Australia's lead and sign on to a plan to stop relying on China for the metals used in modern technology. Ministers from more than 50 countries — ...