“We intend to immediately begin negotiations on a targeted critical minerals agreemnt”, announced European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, and US President, Joe Biden, in a joint statement on Friday 10 March after their meeting in Washington.
This is a positive development for the EU in its negotiations with Washington on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The future agreement on raw materials should allow the EU to be treated as a trading partner of the United States, and...