Where President-elect Trump sees a rivalry, Canada sees a potential friend.

America’s neighbor to the north this week is floating an energy and minerals partnership with the U.S., Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told The Hill on Tuesday.

“We've also put together, essentially the idea of an energy and minerals partnership that actually has a number of projects that can be of direct benefit to the United States,” he said in a phone interview.

Wilkinson added that this could involve Canada “accelerating the production in Canada of gallium and germanium,” which have defense applications and of which China recently banned shipments to the U.S.

He said that the partnership could........

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