About this episode

Bill and Scott discuss critical minerals and the African Growth and Opportunity Act with Zainab Usman.

Bill and Scott welcome Zainab Usman, senior research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, to discuss critical minerals and the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

People in this episode

Hosts: Bill, Scott

Guest: Zainab Usman

Topics covered

• critical minerals
• African Growth and Opportunity Act
• energy policy

Keywords

• critical minerals
• AGOA
• energy policy
• Zainab Usman
• Columbia University

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, CSIS, Center for Strategic and International Studies, African Growth and Opportunity Act

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