205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China

About this episode

The episode discusses a potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement and its implications for sourcing from China, featuring insights from former diplomat Geoff Pyatt.

A potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement is only the latest effort to address security concerns over US sourcing of critical minerals from China. America's previous top diplomat for critical minerals, Geoff Pyatt (former Assistant Secretary of State, former US ambassador to Ukraine) joins to explain (33.47).

People in this episode

Host: Chad P. Bown

Guest: Geoff Pyatt

Topics covered

• critical minerals
• US-Ukraine relations
• China
• security concerns
• diplomacy

Keywords

• critical minerals
• US-Ukraine agreement
• China
• Geoff Pyatt
• security concerns

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Places: US, Ukraine, China

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