US and India Sign Critical Minerals Supply Chain Security Deal
🏭 SUPPLY CHAINS — Washington locks in India on minerals while Beijing watches. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: China controls ~85% of rare earth processing. A US-India pact directly challenges that chokehold. Signed while China deepens Pakistan ties and patrols Taiwan Strait twice in a week, Washington is building supply-chain architecture for prolonged competition. India gains investment leverage; the US secures alternatives to Chinese inputs for defense and tech.
