US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi signed an agreement to guarantee the supply of minerals essential e lands rare through mining and processing this Tuesday (28), said the White House.
The countries plan to cooperate through the use of economic policy tools and coordinated investments to accelerate the development of diverse, liquid and fair markets for essential minerals and rare earths, the statement said.
The leaders met for the first time in Tokyo to discuss trade and security, a week after she became Japan’s first female leader and promised to accelerate military buildup.
At the meeting, he praised Trump’s “commitment to world peace and stability”, while Trump said that relations between the two countries will be “stronger than ever”.
On Tuesday afternoon (27), they will visit the US naval base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, which houses the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, part of the powerful US military presence in the region.
Trump will meet with business leaders in Tokyo before traveling to South Korea on Wednesday (29).
In talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump said he hopes to seal a truce in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
