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Japan Establishes Australian Supply Chain to Escape China for Rare Earths, Germany Partners with China for 'General License'​Japan successfully established a new supply chain for refining and processing Australian raw materials in Malaysia, moving away from its entirely Chinese-dependent rare earths supply chain. Germany secured a "general license" rare earths supply chain through a meeting betw..

Canada G7 Joint Statement ‘Fails’, Canada and UK ‘Lead Cooperation’ on Middle East Issues As the Canada G7 summit failed to reach a joint statement due to divisions between the US and other allies and the Iran-Israel situation became a point of contention, tariffs and trade were relegated to working-level discussions, and Canada and the UK are expected to take the lead. The New York Times report..

World elections ‘anti-Trump streak’, Korean presidential candidates ‘all pro-Trump’ While ‘anti-Trump’ streaks have been achieved in elections around the world, Korean presidential candidates are all pro-Trump. In the past two weeks, moderates have gained ground in major elections in Canada and Australia, while parties that borrowed the Trump regime’s ‘America First’ MAGA script have lost. It ha..

Steel Tariff Exemption Negotiations Australia ‘Trade Deficit’ Japan ‘Gas Hub’ Korea ‘Investment in the US’ When Australia first entered into an agreement on the grounds of a ‘trade deficit’ in steel tariff exemption negotiations, Japan attempted to negotiate exemptions for steel and automobiles as a US gas supply hub in Asia, and Korea attempted to negotiate ‘steel exemptions’ based on ‘investme..

Reuters reported on the 4th that the supply of US LNG to Asian countries such as Korea will increase at higher prices this year. Last year, LNG imports moved about 69% of US LNG exports, or 7.2 bcfd, to Europe as shippers diverted cargo from Asia to get higher prices. In 2021, when prices were higher on the Asian side, only 35% of US LNG exports (about 3.3 bcfd) went to Europe. Last year, a fire..

Following the Roh Moo-hyun administration, the Moon Jae-in administration's promotion of nuclear submarines has been in the foreign press for a long time, holding back the declaration of an end to the war for muscle growth. The New York Times on the 13th said, "The small modular nuclear power plant (SMR) for marine use built in Gyeongju, South Korea can be used for the development of Korean nucl..

The sharp increase in imports led to a 48% increase from the same period of the previous year and a 30% increase annually, resulting in a trade deficit due to an explosive increase in energy. Until the 20th of this month, exports (customs clearance) amounted to $34.2 billion, up 36.1% ($9.1 billion) from the same period last year, but imports surged 48.0% to $36.7 billion. The increase in import..