U.S. Trade Representative Issues Request for Comments on a Plurilateral Critical Minerals Trade Agreement

The Agreement contemplates establishing pricing mechanisms that reflect market-economy costs of production and reduce the impact of “non-market” policies and practices. Input from stakeholders across the critical mineral value chain such as priority minerals and partners on bases for price floors, cost and downstream products impact, implementation, policy coordination on diversifying and securing supply chains, investment policy tools, and scrap flow and recovery will be important for shaping... By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP