Critical Mineral Security: The Endgame

is a non-resident fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation. This essay is the final winner of our economic security essay contest!After fifteen years of bipartisan attention, countless executive orders, and tens of billions in appropriated and authorized funding, the United States remains overwhelmingly reliant on China for the critical minerals. In some cases, that reliance has increased. Over that same period, foreign interference in critical mineral supply chains has moved from a hypo...