EU und Kanada erzielen Einigung über kritische Mineralien und LNG
Das Abkommen zielt darauf ab, den Handel mit Ressourcen zu fördern, die für die Energiewende benötigt werden.
BRÜSSEL — The European Union and Canada have reached an agreement to invest more EU funds in Canadian critical minerals as part of a broader deal to promote resource and energy trade between the two regions. The EU confirmed on Friday that negotiations on an agreement, aimed at "facilitating European investments in key resources, particularly critical minerals," were concluded following talks between senior EU representatives and the Canadian government in Montreal.
All investments would be made through the European Investment Bank, the EU's lending arm. Additionally, the EU and Canada will conduct a "long-term feasibility study" on exporting Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe, as Canada currently lacks the infrastructure to liquify and export gas from its eastern coast. These commitments are part of broader efforts to deepen EU-Canda relations, two democracies navigating an increasingly distant world from the post-World War II rules-based order.
"We will strengthen cooperation to promote investment in critical minerals projects along the entire value chain – including extraction, processing, refining, manufacturing, and recycling – both in Canada and within the EU," the EU and Canada stated in a joint declaration. They also said they would examine "cooperation opportunities in resource projects in third countries identified as projects of common interest."
The joint declaration, aiming to build a "deeper partnership between Canada and the EU," also touched on security, trade, technology and artificial intelligence, competition policy, financial services, and cultural exchange.
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