UK and Canada in talks on defense bank and fighter jet programs

Gordon Brown — the ex-PM who is now advising No. 10 Downing Street on global finance — spoke to Canadian PM Mark Carney about the scheme.

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The US and Central Asia are trying to make critical minerals their thing, and it's actually kind of a big deal

https://worldbriefly.news/the-us-and-central-asia-are-trying-to-make-critical-minerals-their-thing-and-its

#CriticalMinerals #CentralAsia #SupplyChains

Buy Canadian won’t cost us much. That’s the problem | The-14

Canada’s Buy Canadian policy aims to boost local industry, but trade rules limit its impact, raising questions about economic sovereignty.

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Kazakhstan is using the C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue and AMM 2026 to push beyond raw-material exports and build higher-value industry at home https://ow.ly/vT9F50ZarRs #Kazakhstan #C5plus1 #CriticalMinerals #Mining #SupplyChains #AstanaEvents #MineralProcessing

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Kazakhstan Seeks More Than Extraction as U.S. Minerals Interest Grows - The Times Of Central Asia

Kazakhstan is using renewed U.S. interest in critical minerals to push a larger industrial goal: moving beyond raw-material exports and into processing,

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Kazakhstan is using the C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue and AMM 2026 to push beyond raw-material exports and build higher-value industry at home https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-seeks-more-than-extraction-as-u-s-minerals-interest-grows/ #Kazakhstan #C5plus1 #CriticalMinerals #Mining #SupplyChains #AstanaEvents #MineralProcessing
‘I love the inflation’: Trump’s messaging on affordability clashes with voter concerns

Less than a quarter of Americans approve of how the president is managing cost-of-living issues, according to a poll released this week.

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🚨 The US and Europe are formalizing a strategic tech partition with China. Pentagon moves to ban BYD while defense partnerships fracture and immigration tightens—signaling deeper decoupling across critical sectors. What does this mean for supply chains, competition, and global stability?

#Geopolitics #TechWars #DefensePolicy #TradeWars #SupplyChains #StrategicDecoupling

— LeadersCartel Intelligence

https://leaderscartel.com/intelligence/2026/06/09/us-and-europe-tighten-tech-walls-byd-ban-signals-broader-dec

US and Europe Tighten Tech Walls; BYD Ban Signals Broader Decoupling

Pentagon moves to exclude China's largest automaker while immigration tightens and allied defense partnerships collapse, formalizing strategic sector partitioning.

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EU chief diplomat eyes sanctions on Russian metals, adding to pressure on Irish refinery

Kaja Kallas made the comments in Dublin — where the Irish are in the spotlight over a Limerick plant that ships the key ingredient for aluminum to Russia.

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With naphtha-made products still in short supply for end users, Sanae Takaichi's government now faces questions on whether to try to resolve the supply chain bottleneck by applying two laws to punish hoarders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/09/japan/politics/takaichi-hoarding-price-laws/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #iran #middleeast #oil #energy #japaneseeconomy #supplychains #economicsecurity
Takaichi reluctant to resolve naphtha bottleneck by enforcing laws

With naphtha-made products still in short supply, the prime minister's government is facing questions on using two laws to punish hoarders.

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