EU-CANADA SUMMIT Canada and the EU also announced what they are calling a new Green Alliance, which is focused on deepening existing partnerships on fighting climate change, halting biodiversity loss and intensifying technological and scientific co-operation.
And the EU leaders pledged to further collaborate with Canada on critical minerals, as allied countries seek components used in goods such as electrical vehicles from places other than China.
Von der Leyen noted that Canada is the only country in the Western Hemisphere with all the raw materials required for lithium batteries, and she invited Canada to join the EU's "critical raw materials club," which is set to be launched at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai later this month. Maybe they will buy some of Benton's copper! BCRNW