EU eyes speedy deal on minerals as Dombrovskis, Tai continue talks
The European Union wants to conclude a critical minerals arrangement with the U.S. “as fast as possible” to resolve some of its concerns about the Inflation Reduction Act, the bloc’s trade minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, said on Thursday following his fourth meeting in as many months with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Brussels and Washington launched talks on the critical-minerals pact in March, after months of high-level discussions about the bloc’s trade concerns about U.S. tax credits for electric vehicles and...