On Friday 17 April, the EU Member States finally gave the green light to the European Commission to sign on their behalf the Memorandum of Understanding establishing a Strategic Partnership on Critical Minerals with the United States and the EU-US Action Plan for Critical Minerals Supply Chain Resilience (see EUROPE B13840A7).
In particular, further work was needed on the action plan. In a version dated 27 March, the Plan insisted, among other things, on “a plurilateral trade initiative...