The US and Japan will sign a trade agreement covering critical minerals needed for electric car batteries on Tuesday, as Washington pushes to reduce its supply chain dependency on China.As part of the deal, the countries will refrain from imposing export duties on lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel and graphite. They will also share information on potential labour violations in the supply chain for those critical minerals and “identify opportunities to build their respective capacities”.
美國和日本將于周二簽署一項貿易協議，涉及電動汽車電池所需用到的關鍵礦物。眼下，華盛頓方面正努力降低在供應鏈上對中國的依賴。
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