On Monday 21 June, the European Commission announced the establishment of the first-ever partnership on raw materials between the European Union and Canada.
This is the first such agreement under the September 2020 Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials (see EUROPE B12552A1). This agreement was sealed at the highest political level at the EU-Canada Summit (see EUROPE B12741A4). The partnership focuses on raw materials for magnets and batteries, such as lithium, cobalt, graphite and...