Canada and allies considering trade measures against China and Indonesia over manipulation of nickel market, Freeland says

Open this photo in gallery: A worker operates a truck as molten slag is poured into a container at PT Vale Indonesia’s nickel processing plant in Sorowako, Indonesia, in September, 2023.Dita Alangkara/The Associated Press Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says that Canada and its allies are weighing taking action against China and Indonesia in the nickel market, as the two Asian countries tighten their collective grip in the critical mineral. Indonesia has gone from supplying 7 per cent of the global supply of nickel to 55 per cent in the past decade, with much of that new production controlled by…