Report: The Philippines has proposed joining the U.S.-Japan minerals accord

The Philippines wants to join a critical minerals agreement reached last year by the U.S. and Japan, according to a government report this week. The state-run Philippines News Agency quoted Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual saying the idea was floated during a meeting of “top trade officials of the Philippines, the U.S., and Japan during the historic trilateral meeting of these countries in Washington DC early this month.” Last April, the Philippines asked the U.S. to consider...