Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific | July 4, 2025

Analysis: Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers an Important Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific | July 4, 2025

by Wyatt J. Greco   In an April 2025 executive order, President Trump affirmed that offshore critical minerals are key to creating supply chains that do not depend on adversaries like the People’s Republic of China. While US leadership on deep-sea mining directly serves the nation’s resource needs, it also brings mutually-beneficial partnerships with other nations. Such relationships would not only reduce China’s dominance over the minerals indu…

Trump’s Mineral Policy Offers Strategic Opportunity in the Pacific

A seabed mining agreement with the island nation of Nauru would reduce China’s influence while establishing America as an industry authority This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire.