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Japan and other partners back FORGE forum as ministers pledge supply-chain diversification
Summary
Japan pledged to deepen cooperation on supply diversification at the ministerial and welcomed the launch of FORGE; ministers stressed collective action—mining, refining and processing—by producer and consumer countries to reduce overreliance on a single supplier.
Japan’s delegate affirmed support for a new international forum and emphasized supply diversification as the main route to resilience.
In opening statements, a Japanese state minister who identified himself in the transcript as Yuai Lehi addressed the gathering and praised the United States for convening the ministerial. He said Japan has designated critical minerals a priority area of economic-security policy, cited a budget figure of $3,500,000,000 for relevant programs (as stated in the transcript), and welcomed FORGE — the Forum on Resource…
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