Expert tells U.S. senators Canada is a key ally on critical minerals

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A stream runs along the outskirts of Neskantaga First Nation, part of northern Ontario's mineral-rich Ring of Fire region, on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young WASHINGTON — An expert in critical minerals is telling U.S. senators that Canada can be a key ally in efforts to reduce America’s reliance on Chinese supply — after President Donald Trump spent months claiming the U.S. doesn’t need anything from its northern neighbour. Gracelin Baskaran of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told a Senate finance committee hearing today that the U.S. has only 1.3 per cent of the world’s...