The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Europe strengthens ties with Chile to get its hands on its precious lithium

2022-12-09T17:22:21.960Z


DECRYPTION - The Commission signed a new trade agreement with Santiago on Friday. The challenge is to secure the strategic supplies necessary for the energy transition.


From our correspondent in Brussels

To discover

  • Prime Macron 2022: conditions, amount, date of payment... how does it work?

The Europeans will soon get their hands on a real war chest: more lithium, copper and, in the longer term, hydrogen to advance the green transition, which is particularly intensive in raw materials.

In any case, this is one of the most salient points of the agreement which was signed on Friday between the bloc and Chile, at the end of a negotiation launched in 2017 to strengthen and modernize the provisions of the previous agreement dating from 2002. “

This historic agreement is of key geopolitical importance (…).

The EU and Chile are taking their partnership to the next level to strengthen political dialogue, deepen cooperation and foster trade and investment opportunities

,” the Commission said in a statement.

"

This instrument is aligned with the objective of the Chilean trade policy aimed at ensuring the strategic autonomy of the country”

, underlined, for her part, the Minister of Foreign Affairs…

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 74% left to discover.

Cultivating your freedom is cultivating your curiosity.

Keep reading your article for €0.99 for the first month

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Login

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2022-12-09

You may like

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.