The U.S. and Ukraine have signed an economic development deal including access to rare earths minerals, the Treasury Department announced.
Ukrainian and U.S. officials have signed a joint economic investment deal that includes granting the U.S. access to Ukrainian rare earths minerals, the Treasury Department announced Wednesday.
A Treasury Department press release said the two countries have agreed to establish a « United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund », referring to it as an « economic partnership. » The statement did not include more detail about the agreement.
Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s economic development minister, confirmed that she signed the deal. In a series of posts on X written in Ukrainian, she described it as a 50/50 partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine that includes development of mineral, oil and gas projects. She said the deal would be funded through direct investment, future U.
