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2025-02-25 09:54:00
EU offers its own ‘win-win’ minerals deal to #Ukraine
The European Union offered its own agreement on “critical materials” to Ukraine on Monday, just as U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Washington was close to inking a deal with Kyiv for the rights to its vast natural resources.
Europe’s Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné said he’d pitched the rival proposal to Ukrainian officials he met in Kyiv during a visit by the European Commission to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
“Twenty-one of the 30 critical materials Europe needs can be provided by Ukraine in a win-win partnership,” Séjourné said, according to AFP.
And he noted pointedly: “The added value Europe offers is that we will never demand a deal that’s not mutually beneficial.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/critical-minerals-rare-earths-deal-eu-not-donald-trump/