{
  "id": 3550224,
  "title": "US critical minerals proposals to Brazil go unanswered as China looms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-critical-minerals-proposals-to-brazil-go-unanswered-as-china-looms-3550224",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T16:44:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3365371/us-critical-minerals-proposals-brazil-go-unanswered-china-looms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Brazil has not answered two American proposals to formalise cooperation on critical minerals, a senior US diplomat said at Latin America’s largest mining fair, leaving Washington without a bilateral deal as it races to build rare earth supply chains outside China. Matthew Lowe, economic counsellor at the US embassy in Brasilia, said Washington invited Brazil years ago to join the Minerals…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US critical minerals proposals to Brazil go unanswered as China looms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/us-critical-minerals-proposals-to-brazil-go-unanswered-as-china-looms",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:44:57.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}