America’s Strategy on Critical Minerals: A Comparison with China’s Dominance

Why China's Critical Minerals Strategy Leaves The US Behind

The US has gone global in an attempt to break China's global Critical Minerals monopoly. Despite some encouraging signs, the US still has a long way to go.

America’s Strategy on Critical Minerals: A Comparison with China’s Dominance

For several years, Washington has emphasized critical minerals like tungsten, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and copper. These minerals are seen as crucial to economic security, technological development, defense readiness, and green energy. While the United States has signed agreements across Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America to secure alternative supply chains outside China's influence, the implementation has not matched the annou…