Geopolitical Monitor: "Not-So-Nearshoring: The Case for a US-Uzbekistan Critical Minerals Partnership"

 

"Not-So-Nearshoring: The Case for a US-Uzbekistan Critical Minerals Partnership"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Opinion

Geopolitical Monitor

8 January, 2025

Published: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/not-so-nearshoring-the-case-for-a-us-uzbekistan-critical-minerals-partnership/

For the United States, obtaining access to critical minerals (CMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) is a strategy now associated with nearshoring. However, Washington is also engaging Uzbekistan, as the Central Asian nation is wealthy with CMs. The final quarter of 2024 saw several high-level meetings and agreements between Washington and Tashkent, which deserve more significant discussion.