India and US Sign Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Framework

India and the United States have signed a framework agreement to cooperate across the critical minerals and rare earths supply chain, a deal both sides describe as a step toward re

The agreement lands at a moment when governments worldwide are scrambling to secure the minerals that power everything from electric-vehicle batteries and wind turbines to smartpho

According to the details released around the signing, the framework deepens cooperation between New Delhi and Washington across the entire critical minerals and rare earths supply

The US embassy said the framework is intended to "protect sensitive supply chains from coercive market practices and reduce our collective vulnerability to single-source monopolies

Rather than a single commercial contract, the framework functions as an umbrella for cooperation: a structure under which the two governments can coordinate on financing, technolog