{"id":150316,"date":"2026-04-24T17:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150316"},"modified":"2026-04-24T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:55:19","slug":"us-and-eu-sign-critical-minerals-plan-in-push-to-loosen-chinas-grip-on-key-materialsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150316","title":{"rendered":"US and EU sign critical minerals plan in push to loosen China\u2019s grip on key materialsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US and the European Union on Friday deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by Western allies to loosen China\u2019s grip on materials crucial to advanced manufacturing.<br \/>\nUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European Union Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic signed a memorandum of understanding for a \u200cpartnership on producing and securing critical minerals.<br \/>\nRubio did not mention China in his remarks, but said the preliminary agreement with Brussels reflected&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3351386\/us-and-eu-sign-critical-minerals-plan-push-loosen-chinas-grip-key-materials?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US and the European Union on Friday deepened their coordination on critical minerals as part of a broader push by&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150316"}],"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=150316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}