Expert tells U.S. senators Canada is a key ally on critical minerals
May 14, 2025 | 11:31 AM
WASHINGTON — An expert in critical minerals is telling U.S. senators that Canada can be a key ally in efforts to reduce America’s reliance on Chinese supply — after President Donald Trump spent months claiming the U.S. doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbour.
Gracelin Baskaran of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told a Senate finance committee hearing today that the U.S. has only 1.3 per cent of the world’s rare earths.
She says Canada has an abundance of critical minerals and plays an important role in U.S. access to zinc, germanium and gallium.
Baskaran says if America wants to build up its mining, refining and manufacturing, it must strengthen its relationship with Canada.
