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Donald Trump allegedly agreed for a USA for the USA to develop Ukraine mineral resources together.
Although the agreement, which is yet to be signed, was not considered involvement of any security guarantees for UkraineKiev will be hoping to numb the path to continuing American support in its fight against Russian invasion.
The contract also does not appear to be included by Trump’s previous demand for rights to $ 500 billion (394 billion) income from rare and critical minerals in the amount of £ 5. But Help provide an American approach in which they are important resources in the economy of 21. centuries And for which the United States they rely heavily on stock from other countries, especially China.
Rare minerals like Galleum are critical for advanced defense technologies, but we are not easily accessible to us in domestic. And China, the leading supplier of Gallium, used his resource control as an impact on the United States, imposed a ban on rare minerals exported to the United States, as part of her retaliation to increase American tariffs on Chinese goods.
Other minerals are key for military technology such as rocket systems, electronics and electric vehicles. In Ukraine, deposits for 22 out of 34 minerals that the European Union identified as critical.
The problem for now is that China is currently a high share of certain critical imports of minerals.
Thus, Trump sees a resolution in Ukraine War as an opportunity to ensure alternative sources of critical minerals, reducing American dependence on China and enable Trum to take a more aggressive approach to it. It also cannot predict that China will return to the USA tariffs with limitations on these vital resources quite fast.
The defense production industry is estimated by Gallium, because it is reliable and durable. In particular, the element is seen as a key radar to improve tools, satellite communication systems and electronic war systems. It is also used in multiple chip modules used by navigation and air traffic control systems.
In addition to Galgium, Ukraine has huge resources of graffiti, element used in the construction of electric vehicles and nuclear reactors, and a third of the lithium supply in Europe, which is used in batteries.
Trump’s focus on critical minerals also influenced his interest in Greenland who possesses significant reserves of critical minerals, which makes it a potential alternative to Chinese resources.
Why is China so important?
Trump’s concerns about China also more general negotiations with Russia. One of the Trump’s basic concerns is the Chinese partnership with Russia. There is no doubt that China is now a dominant force in the Sino-Russian Alliance.
Given the growing cooperation between the two countries in military, economic and technological areas, Trump believes that the impact of China must be aggressive in global affairs. Trump Administration sought to undermine alliance by relieving the American approach to Russia, a move shocked by European leaders.
Trump looked at China for a long time as the main threat to the US, considering her is their biggest economic rival and a significant obstacle for America to “brilliantly” again. “
His economic policy targeted Chinese trade practices, addiction to the supply chain and geopolitical maneuvers. One of his key trade advisers was claimed by the American company in a disadvantage from the Chinese economy of the state controlled, and theft of intellectual property and trade imbalance.
Recent tariffs that now impose a hundred billion values of Chinese imports, it was intended for us to make us more competitive by driving Chinese import costs, and then instead encouraging companies and consumers.
At the same time, Trump wanted to weaken the Chinese export economy by making it difficult for Chinese companies to sell goods in the United States. Its tariff policies expanded outside China, with similar measures considered for Europe.
By targeting more regions, Trump aimed to move global supply chains and secure the United States as production power plants. Complaining the war in Ukraine, Trump believes that the United States can redirect funds and resources used in Europe according to the combating growing influence of China.
Trump tried to justify the tariffs in China claiming that Chinese manufacturers were responsible for the mass production of Fentanil, which is then traded in the United States through various channels. Trump proposed stricter measures to combat the flow of Fentanil, including sanctions and tariffs of Chinese companies allegedly involved in its production.
Following Chinese retaliation, Trump needs peace in Ukraine and the consequent mineral agreement with Kiev before the ban on China in the United States affects critical American production. Such an agreement would then enable him to take even more aggressive posture with China with less consequences.
However, Zelensky recently claimed that Russia took control of 20 percent of Ukraine minerals from invasion. And it is possible that there will be years before every American investor receives any refund due to chronic lack of investment in the mineral sector in Ukraine nearly decade.
So even if Trump’s job goes forward, it will have to wait a while before Ukrainian minerals will meet American needs.
Dafydd Townley is a student in international security at the University of Portsmouth. This article was published from the conversation under the Creative Commons license. Read Original article.