This article was originally published as a commentary by the Stimson Center.

If anyone needed a signal of global interest in critical minerals and supply chains, the events in Washington D.C. earlier this month offered a clear one. In the midst of questions about the reliability of U.S. partnerships, uncertain tariff policy, and rhetoric around annexing Greenland, 54 countries and the European Union came together in D.C. at the Critical Minerals Ministerial to seek deeper collaboration to secure critical minerals supply chains and de-risk from China’s influence.