Toward Programme
US backs Australian rare earth miner to cut out China - Financial Times
Why it matters
US backing of Australian rare-earth mining directly advances Pillar 1 (Resource Sovereignty) and Pillar 5 (Decoupling), reducing Australian dependence on Chinese rare-earth imports and strengthening allied supply-chain resilience. This concrete US commitment to Australian critical-mineral security also signals deepening economic interdependence within the AUKUS coalition and broader Indo-Pacific decoupling from China.
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