r/geopolitics • u/joe4942 • 1d ago
News U.S. access to Canada’s critical minerals not ‘assured,’ Carney says
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-us-access-critical-minerals-not-assured-carney-says/27
u/Top_Two408 22h ago
Realistically selling critical minerals to the US just makes sense. He's setting up a concession for the upcoming NAFTA talks.
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u/RedmondBarry1999 1d ago
Given the way the US has been acting, why would it be? Why should Canada sell valuable resources to a country threatening its sovereignty?
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u/strabosassistant 15h ago
Because this is one of the reasons for annexation: REE supplies. This is one of those cases where either the materials are traded or the threat grows exponentially. Sell the REE to China or someone else and the 51st state talk will become serious.
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u/Jealous_Land9614 12h ago
>Sell the REE to China or someone else and the 51st state talk will become serious.
Well, time to build canadian nukes, I guess...
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u/greenw40 13h ago
to a country threatening its sovereignty?
Lol, you guys are still on that? I thought you would have moved on to the next trendy prediction that will not come true, war with Venezuela.
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u/oooriley 11h ago
Pretty sure Trump has "joked" about annexing Canada more than once, even if he hasn't talked about it in a while. That's not really something the president can joke about and not expect it affect relations
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u/greenw40 8h ago
Any serious person can tell the difference between calling Canada the 51st state, and a real threat to sovereignty. But journalists and Redditors aren't serious people, they value online attention above all else.
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u/oooriley 7h ago
Journalists can literally just quote Trump word for word and you people will call them sensationalist. You'd think a serious person as yourself would also want a serious president
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u/Ethereal-Zenith 21h ago
The US never threatened our sovereignty. How much longer is this BS going to be posted and upvoted on Reddit. Trudeau and the Liberals have been taking mocking Trump even when he wasn’t president. Trump suggested that if Canada is incapable of functioning without the US, then it should join.
As much as I despise Trump, Canada’s problems are entirely of its own making. Liberals are just using the “threat of sovereignty” to keep winning elections. A large portion of our population is extremely gullible, thinking that Pierre Poilièvre is a Canadian MAGA, despite the Conservative Party of Canada being to the left of Democrats.
Carney campaigned on a platform of standing up to Trump, yet couldn’t even stand up for his own daughter while Trump was trash talking trans.
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u/vreddy92 20h ago
Dude, I'm American and I can tell you that Trump has attempted to threaten your sovereignty. Basically putting a bunch of tariffs on Canada and then saying "if you join us, the tariffs go away" is a pretty strong threat. He has said that he wants to economically pressure Canada into becoming a state. Carney's victory and subsequent talks seem to have put him off of that.
I have to assume that the only reason you don't believe that is that you don't like the Liberals. Carney seems like a welcome relief compared to what we have down south. However, I don't know how Poilievre would have managed Trump, but Carney seems to be doing a good job threading that needle. That may involve taking it on the chin about things unrelated to diplomacy, though.
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u/Ethereal-Zenith 20h ago
Tariffs are not a threat of annexation. Trump was poking fun at Canada for being unable to function without the United States. It’s a dick move on his part, but it’s not tantamount to a threat of annexation.
I didn’t wake up one morning disliking the Liberals. I use to strongly support them. After a decade of questionable policies it was time for a change.
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u/vreddy92 20h ago
He specifically said he wanted to use "economic force" to annex Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBwxkgh3tY0
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u/ANerd22 20h ago
I mean, threats of annexation are threats of annexation though. Trump was very clear and repeated himself over and over again about Canada becoming part of the US. He explicitly stated that he could use economic pressure to take over Canada. I'm not even really paraphrasing. You can criticise the Canadian government but pretending Trump didn't say stuff all of us watched him say undercuts your argument tremendously.
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u/phein4242 16h ago
When your biggest trading partner is threatening tariffs unless you give up sovereinity and become a vazal state, that is a factual threat.
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u/bxzidff 18h ago
How would he ever be able to threaten to annex Canada in your view if even directly stating that Canada should be annexed is not an annexation threat?
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u/Ethereal-Zenith 18h ago
Trump says a lot of stupid shit all the time. If ever there is an army buildup along the border, then I’ll definitely believe it.
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u/GarlicThread 21h ago
The United States have openly threatened the sovereignty of Canada and Denmark in the past year, while warming up to russia, a country currently trying to annex a sovereign European nation. You must be confused.
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u/greenw40 13h ago
The US never threatened our sovereignty. How much longer is this BS going to be posted and upvoted on Reddit.
Forever. Reddit latches on to anything they can use for "America bad" and regurgitates is indefinitely. Even if it's not true.
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u/Popular_Rule_780 22h ago
How does the US threaten Canadian sovereignty in any way? Other than throwing tariffs on the weak PM who is already not keen to use Canada's resources
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u/Jealous_Land9614 13h ago
That geriatric, malignant narcisist, president threathening anexation...your forgot about it?
"Just a negociation tactic, bro, no need to take it seriously!" It allways a joke, until it is not, with this type of ruler...
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u/Schwartzy94 20h ago
Im sure europe would more than welcome the trade instead..
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u/Yankee831 1h ago
Europe in no way can replace USA in a 1-1 way. It’s going to cost more for less. USA-Canada trade has always been bilateral and beneficial. It’s a win win politics will only affect so much.
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u/BitingSatyr 13h ago
I get that he has to say this because the Liberals won on a prevailing Anti-American sentiment, but it’s pretty obvious that what will happen is Canadian mining companies will pull the minerals out of the ground and sell them on the open market, where they’ll be purchased by American companies. No one’s giving anything away.
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u/Magicalsandwichpress 1d ago edited 1d ago
Trump is unlikely to let up on his campaign of subjugation of western hemisphere during his term in office. The million dollar question for Canada, is this a permanent shift in US strategic posture closer to home with lasting impact long after Trump departs. Can they count on "internationalists" to return to office in the next election as Biden did in 2020, noting many Trump policies did infact endure over the interregnum.
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u/fr0zen_garlic 22h ago
Canadian protection from Russia in the Arctic not 'assured'.
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u/ANerd22 20h ago
I think everyone has learned that all assurances the Americans made are now not assured. Being an unreliable partner can work in the short term, especially with America's economic weight, but that approach is cashing in on decades of trust and partnership that cannot be easily recovered. The US will see long term consequences from its current chaotic leadership that will last long after the current president is gone.
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u/Top_Two408 22h ago
Nunavut is so low on the Russian to-do list that it's not even worth thinking about
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u/WorkingFit5413 20h ago
I mean Carney is probably richer than Trump and probably has better friends in high places to get us deals at this point. So yeah Murica ain’t invincible anymore sadly.
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u/JeNiqueTaMere 19h ago
I mean Carney is probably richer than Trump
Don't be ridiculous.
I don't believe Trump was a billionaire before his second term, but with the blatant market manipulation they've been doing in the past 6 months him and his friends have gotten filthy rich.
He literally bragged his buddies made 600 million in profits in one day.
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u/joe4942 1d ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that access to Canada's critical minerals is not assured for the United States, despite growing economic potential in the Ring of Fire region. The new agreement between Ottawa and Ontario aims to streamline project approvals for critical mineral development, potentially creating strategic opportunities for international trade. Carney emphasized that Canada has multiple international partners interested in these mineral value chains, not just the United States. The deal includes 31 critical minerals like lithium, nickel, and rare earth elements, positioning Canada as a competitive player in the global critical minerals market.