The Race America Can’t Afford To Lose

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As G7 leaders met to discuss critical minerals, the negotiations exposed a difficult but unavoidable reality. Rebuilding supply chains outside of China will require significant investment, coordination, leadership and political will.

A few months ago, Vice President J.D. Vance announced a bold framework to strengthen Western production and processing of strategic minerals and said that “the global market is failing.” Recently, our allies have raised concerns about the cost of the administration’s initiative, governance structures and the prospect of government intervention in mineral markets. (RELATED: The Harsh Reality Everyone’s Missing About Massive Lithium Find In Appalachia)

The real question facing the G7 and our allies is not whether there will be costs associated with building alternative supply chains it is whether the costs of continued dependence on China are greater. The Trump administration deserves credit for recognizing that critical minerals are not merely commodities but strategic assets.

While allies may disagree on implementation, pricing mechanisms, or governance models, success should be measured by whether the West can build a resilient and competitive critical minerals ecosystem capable of reducing dependence on China and strengthening the collective industrial base of the democratic world.

For years, Beijing has pursued a deliberate national strategy to........

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