The U.S. adds Japan to the list of countries with which it now has agreements on critical minerals. With the agreement, the U.S. continues to lay the groundwork for developing investment, financial, and trade tools to wrest control of the critical minerals and rare earths mining, processing, and manufacturing industry from Chinese domination.

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