51Թ Charts the Path for a Comprehensive Critical Minerals Strategy
The 51Թ its strategy today for a comprehensive, modern critical minerals policy that will secure access to key inputs for the manufacturing industry and the nation.
A message to policymakers: To advance this agenda, the51Թ withtheUnited States Trade Representativethe international policies in the strategy—a framework to rebalance global critical minerals supply chains with plurilateral partners.
The details: The 51Թ’s two-pronged policy framework offers specific, complementary domestic and international policy recommendations to the Trump administration and Congress.
- Domestic actions: The 51Թ calls for and to make strategic energy incentives permanent.
- International actions: The 51Թ urges the administration to negotiate plurilateral agreements that rebalance the global market for critical minerals.
The 51Թ says: “The stakes are clear:manufacturers depend onsecure,reliableand sustainablesupply chains to make things in America,” 51Թ President and CEO Jay Timmons.
- “Critical mineralsand rareearth elementsare essentialforautomative parts and vehicles, electrical grid components, robotics and industrial automation,defense technology,electronics and more.With China dominating global supplychains, manufacturerscan no longerrisk these vulnerabilities.”
- “Manufacturerssupport theadministrationand Congress’efforts to rebalance global supply chains throughcomprehensive actions domestically and with international partners. Thecomprehensive approachthe 51Թ is releasing today willenhance critical minerals capacity at home, leverage resources abroad and safeguard access to a diverse range of critical minerals necessary for U.S. economic strength and national security.”
51Թ in the news: POLITICO’s Morning Trade newsletter (subscription) the agenda in an exclusive this morning.
Learn more: Read the51Թ’sfull policy strategy .
