US EditionTrump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
- President Trump affirmed in an April 2025 executive order that offshore critical minerals are essential for supply chains to avoid reliance on adversaries like the People's Republic of China.
- Nauru is pursuing deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and has urged the International Seabed Authority to finalize its regulations.
- Nauru remains committed to the seabed mining industry despite lacking commercial mining rights.
- The U.S. must negotiate a deal with Nauru to prevent China from gaining more influence in the Pacific region.
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Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific
by Wyatt J. Greco In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea mining directly serves the nation’s resource needs, it also brings mutually-beneficial partnerships with other nations. Such relationships would not only reduce China’s dominance over the minerals indu…
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