Earlier this year, BASF had to delay the opening of a battery materials plant in Finland when a court agreed with environmental groups that the company didn’t have a good …
He also pledged to offer US$14 billion in export financing to promote trade and investment for South Korean companies in Africa. South Korea is one of the world’s largest energy …
Chalmers said the overhaul was not targeted at specific countries, such as China, which has been accused of foreign interference in Australia in the past. Any foreign investment applications involving …
This fuzziness is not new of course. The securitisation of global economic networks stretches back decades with the United States wielding tools including dollar weaponisation and trade sanctions, as well …
On land, China has used its power to drive mining and build processing infrastructure at a scale and pace unfathomable in Western markets. But polymetallic nodules in the deep sea …
Viewed as discriminatory by BASIC, a grouping that includes Brazil, South Africa, India and China, the EU’s border tax will work to deter carbon-intensive imports, such as aluminium and steel. …
The UK has been left “vulnerable” over its dependency on China for critical minerals needed to make key everyday items such as smartphones, British lawmakers said in a report on …
“The EU and member states have a common interest in preventing the narrow set of technologies and know-how to leak to actors that will use them to enhance their military …
Japan and the United States agreed on Tuesday to build robust supply chains for strategic items such as semiconductors and critical minerals by consulting each other more closely and detecting …
A report from the non-profit Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in May concluded that: “Excluding China from supplying critical minerals is simply not possible in the short term.” China’s large …