{"id":6434,"date":"2026-04-25T00:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:32:47","slug":"us-eu-to-sign-preliminary-partnership-deal-on-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6434","title":{"rendered":"US, EU to Sign Preliminary Partnership Deal on Critical Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Washington, D.C. The United States and the European Union are set to sign a preliminary partnership agreement on critical minerals on Friday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The deal will be formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in securing essential raw materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will meet \u200bon Friday and take part in the signing \u200bceremony, the U.S. Department of State added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Key Points:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Focus on securing supply chains for critical minerals used in electric vehicles, semiconductors, and renewable energy.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Aims to reduce dependence on dominant external suppliers, particularly China. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Includes plans for joint investments, shared standards, and coordination on trade policies. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Could expand into a broader long-term trade and economic agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Officials from both sides highlighted the importance of strong and resilient supply chains for economic security and future technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This partnership marks a major step in transatlantic cooperation, aiming to secure critical resources and support clean energy and advanced industries while reducing geopolitical risks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260424_143001_698.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. The United States and the European Union are set to sign a preliminary partnership agreement on critical minerals on Friday. The deal will be formalized through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening cooperation in securing essential raw materials. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1777054818477-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6436,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions\/6436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}