The U.S. government is accelerating its push for mineral independence as both the executive and legislative branches made bold moves this week to secure the domestic rare-earth supply chain.
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Twin-Track Approach
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump instructed his representatives to negotiate potential price floors with allies and to consider imposing tariffs on rare earths and critical minerals with other trade partners.
The new directives come in response to an investigation that began in 2025 which found that the import of critical minerals and their derivatives are a threat to national security.
Separately, according to Axios, a bipartisan coalition in Congress is set to introduce a landmark bill on Thursday that would establish a $2.5 billion Strategic Resilience Reserve—a domestic stockpile of critical minerals designed to insulate the American economy from price manipulation and supply shocks.
The SECURE Minerals Act will be introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) …
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