{"id":145672,"date":"2026-02-05T23:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145672"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:15:54","slug":"us-defends-new-minerals-alliance-rejecting-claims-it-targets-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=145672","title":{"rendered":"US defends new minerals alliance, rejecting claims it targets China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA senior US official on Thursday defended Washington\u2019s new critical minerals push, telling the South China Morning Post that supply chain diversification is a national security measure, not an attempt to form an exclusive bloc as Beijing has claimed.<br \/>\nDeputy State Department spokeswoman Mignon Houston, speaking a day after the launch of the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement, or Forge, described the US-led global coordination of strategic minerals as a \u201cprudent step\u201d.<br \/>\nShe sidestepped&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/article\/3342574\/us-defends-new-minerals-alliance-rejecting-claims-it-targets-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA senior US official on Thursday defended Washington\u2019s new critical minerals push, telling the South China Morning Post that supply chain diversification is a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145672"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}