Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc that will use tariffs to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners, using tariffs to maintain minimum prices and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies that will use tariffs to maintain price floors and defend against China’s tactic of flooding ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies and partners, using tariffs to maintain minimum prices and defend ...