EU, US to Align Global Minerals Push Against China’s Supply Grip

The US and the European Union are in talks to merge a core area of their efforts to engage suppliers of critical minerals in resource-rich nations, seeking to streamline their push against China’s dominance in materials key for future technologies.

The aim is to combine the EU’s high-level policy approach with the US focus on specific projects, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Specifically, the move would merge the EU’s critical raw materials club concept with the Biden administration’s flagship Minerals Security Partnership. It comes after the EU delayed plans to launch its own program in Dubai last ...