1. Mining for Defense: Unlocking the Potential for U.S.-Canada Collaboration on Critical Minerals
- Author:
- Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Henry Ziemer, and Alejandra Toro
- Publication Date:
- 02-2025
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Abstract:
- China’s near monopolistic control of many critical minerals, which are essential for both for consumer products and defense production, represents an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States at a time of heightened geopolitical tension. Canada, which already supplies the United States with large quantities of certain essential metals, is well positioned as an alternative source for many of the critical minerals controlled by China, thus contributing to North American national and economic security. Bolstering cooperation on critical minerals for the defense industry furthermore offers a way for both countries to find common ground amid frustrations surrounding trade and security.
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Bilateral Relations, Mining, Collaboration, and Critical Minerals
- Political Geography:
- Canada, North America, and United States of America