Trump Enlists Japan in Drive to Secure Critical Minerals Supply
Donald Trump, left, and Sanae Takaichi hold up the signed agreement at a meeting at the Akasaka Palace, in Tokyo, Japan on Oct. 28.
Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThe US and Japan have signed an agreement to deepen cooperation on critical minerals, adding the Asian country to Washington’s push to reduce its reliance on China.
The governments will work together to “support the supply of raw and processed critical minerals and rare earths crucial to the domestic industries of the United States and Japan,” according to the text of a framework agreement signed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and President Donald Trump, during his visit to Tokyo.