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Australia–US critical minerals pact turns one: Five investor takeaways - Australian Resources & Investment
GNews: critical minerals·2026-10-20TradeP1: Resource SovereigntyP5: Strategic DecouplingP7: Alliance Architecture
Why it matters
The critical minerals pact strengthens Australia's Resource Sovereignty (Pillar 1) by formalizing supply-chain partnerships with the US, reducing strategic dependence on China for processing and downstream manufacturing. It directly supports Decoupling (Pillar 5) and Alliance posture (Pillar 7) by embedding Australia into a US-led critical minerals ecosystem that underpins defence technology, renewable energy, and advanced manufacturing.
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