We know that today the international market for critical minerals is failing. It's failing to create domestic markets or dignified jobs for our labor forces, and it's failing to keep our nation safe. Supply chains remain brittle and exceptionally concentrated. Asset and commodity prices are persistently depressed, driven downward by forces beyond any individual country's control. Now, how many times cumulatively have one of us, or many of us in this room heard some variation of the story that I'm about to tell? (05:06–05:12)
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Asserts that supply chains for critical minerals are fragile and highly concentrated.
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