TAIWAN-JAPAN & GLOBAL
Canada Unveils 13 Critical-Mineral Supply-Chain Deals, Japan Firms IncludedA · FULL TRANSLATION
# critical minerals# supply chain# Canada# Japanese firms
Key Points
- Canada's PMO announced 13 cooperation deals to strengthen critical-mineral supply chains
- Partners include Japanese firms and other countries
- It reflects G7 strategy to de-risk and diversify key minerals
Analysis
Canada's prime minister's office announced 13 deals to strengthen critical-mineral supply chains, with partners including Japanese firms. It is a concrete step in the G7's strategy to de-risk and diversify key minerals — with supply heavily concentrated in a few countries, Western partners are jointly building more dispersed, resilient alternatives. For tech and manufacturing, critical minerals are the lifeblood of EVs, semiconductors and batteries, and their supply-chain reshaping shapes the cost and stability of the whole high-tech sector. Canada-Japan cooperation is a microcosm of this global resource reshuffle.