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April 12, 2024

How Will Lithium Shape U.S.-Chilean Economic Relations?

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently commented during a tour of Chile that U.S. demand for lithium would bring the two nations closer. // File Photo: White House.

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Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt, associate professor of government and international affairs at Augustana University: “Boric’s reworked lithium strategy has the potential to benefit Chile, the United States, and global access to lithium. The plan upholds existing contracts without expropriation and emphasizes public-private partnerships (PPPs) in new projects. Boric’s plan does not shut the industry off from international investment, but should in fact encourage it. This allows Albemarle and others to continue exploration and extraction. Boric offers stability and clarity to Chile’s vision for industry development, which has long been notoriously unstable and confusing. This is good news for …”

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