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Biden, UK’s Sunak Agree to Launch Talks on Critical Minerals Pact
US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed to start work on an agreement that could help British automakers qualify for electric car subsidies and speed the joint development of advanced weapons like hypersonic missiles. The talks on critical materials — the product of a meeting between the two leaders Thursday at the White House — would improve collaboration on the extraction and processing of minerals like cobalt, graphite, and nickel that are crucial to batteries used in electric vehicles. As a result, Americans purchasing electric cars from British automakers like Jaguar Land Rover ... (full story)