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\n Kyiv signed a raw materials deal with the EU just months before Russia invaded three years ago \u2013 but now the US is making access to the same mineral resources a condition for continued support to the battle-weary nation.
\n ADVERTISEMENTIt is still unclear how much US president Donald Trump hopes to gain though the deal he is negotiating with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, but the basic idea is clear.\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be great for Ukraine \u2013 we\u2019re going to be at the site, and we\u2019ll be digging,\u201d he told reporters on the eve on the eve of the Ukrainian president\u2019s visit. \u201cWe\u2019ll be dig, dig, digging.\u201dAnd Washington is not the only centre of power with eyes on Ukraine\u2019s vast and largely untapped mineral wealth.As Euronews reported last April, access to rare earth metals and other elements essential to digital and clean tech, from lithium to copper, has been the focus of intense diplomacy by the European Commission \u2013 and Ukraine was the second to join a growing list\u00a0of strategic partners, shortly before Russia invaded.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday (26 February) as he unveiled the EU\u2019s new Clean Industrial Deal \u2013 a plan to revitalise Europe\u2019s economy through investment in the energy transition \u2013 European Commission vice-president St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 clarified that, contrary to some media reports, he had not offered Ukraine an alternative to Trump\u2019s quid pro quo with Kyiv.\u201cWe already have an agreement with Ukraine on raw materials, and we concluded this well before the war, in 2021,\u201d S\u00e9journ\u00e9 said, describing it as a \u201cwin-win\u201d deal for the EU and its eastern neighbour.What he told Ukrainian government officials during the Commission\u2019s visit to Kyiv two days earlier to mark the third anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion was that this deal needs to be implemented, he said.\u201cWe already have a certain number of projects that could be called European, some of which could be launched in March,\u201d S\u00e9journ\u00e9 said. \u201cIt\u2019s on the basis of this accord that we can build both partnerships and concrete actions, one on graphite that could potentially represent as much as 10% of European consumption by 2030.\u201dThe following day (27 February), the eve of Zelenskyy\u2019s visit to Washington where he is expected to sign an initial agreement with the US government, the EU executive was rather more reticent, neither confirming nor denying S\u00e9journ\u00e9\u2019s bullish claims.\u201cReally nothing to add at the moment,\u201d a spokesperson said. \u201cWhat we are expecting soon, is to have a first list of these strategic projects under the regulation, the assessment is ongoing \u2013 so stay tuned for more details in the in the coming weeks\u201d.What the US wants from UkraineOn the ongoing talks between Trump and Zelenskyy, the Commission was silent.\u201cWe don’t provide a running commentary of all the exchanges we have with the Ukrainian counterparts,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cThis is a deal being discussed between the Ukrainians and the US, and it relates to the Ukrainians and the US \u2013 it is not for us to enter into any comment about it.”As Zelenskyy headed for Washington to meet the man who last week called him a \u201cdictator\u201d but now cannot believe his own words, details about the incipient deal remained sketchy. One thing is clear: it is not only about rare earth metals.A leaked memorandum outlining the US-Ukraine deal calls for the setting up of a jointly controlled Reconstruction Investment Fund through which US investors will have access to \u201cdeposits of minerals, hydrocarbons, oil, natural gas, and other extractable materials, and other infrastructure relevant to natural resource assets (such as liquified natural gas terminals and port infrastructure)\u201d.Trump\u2019s earlier demand for half a trillion dollars as supposed repayment of US military support appears to have been dropped, but there is no reference to the security guarantee that Zelenskyy has named as a condition for signing.ADVERTISEMENTDutch MEP Thijs Reuten, who is the European Parliament\u2019s shadow rapporteur on Ukraine and sits for the centre-left S&D group on the foreign affairs committee, was highly critical of Trumps strong-arm tactics in an interview with Euronews.\u201cUkraine understands that its relationship with Europe is a long-lasting partnership, not based on a Europe-First policy,\u201d Reuten said.Again, stay tuned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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