U.S., Norway agree to cooperate on ‘market-oriented trade’ of critical minerals

The U.S. and Norway on Monday made official an agreement to cooperate on the “high-standard, market-oriented trade of critical minerals.” In a signing ceremony at the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide affirmed an agreement reached in April to take a “coordinated approach to the challenges and opportunities that characterize markets for critical minerals.” “Today’s signing of this Memorandum of Cooperation demonstrates a shared commitment to economic security in both a...