What could a Trump deal on critical minerals mean for Australia – and could MAGA be a sticking point?

Ahead of Anthony Albanese's White House visit, a price floor' and US investment in mining ventures have been flagged

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Australia's rich deposits of minerals used for green energy technologies and military hardware are increasingly prized, especially because of rising anxiety about China's stranglehold on the global supply chain.

That anxiety escalated after Beijing imposed new restrictions on rare earths exports, prompting a furious rebuke from Donald Trump and a warning from his treasury secretary that western allies would need to decouple" from China if it proved an unreliable supplier.