US ramps up demands on Ukraine in latest mineral proposal
- Donald Trump is proposing that the U.S. Gains control of all of Ukraine's rare minerals and energy assets in new proposals to Kyiv.
- The new deal includes U.S. Royalties until Ukraine pays off $100 billion in war debt, allowing Kyiv only 50% thereafter.
- A Ukrainian official described the proposal as 'robbery,' while an expert criticized it as an 'expropriation document' with no guarantees.
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Ukraine rejects the new mineral agreement that hardens conditions
The dispute between Trump and Zelenski in the White House parked the signing of the Minerals Agreement on the last day of February. Kiev and Washington had managed to bridge their differences in a record time of two weeks. A month ago the parties decided that Ukraine would contribute 50% of the revenues from the extraction of natural resources and the benefits of the infrastructures to a common fund of the two states. But the Trump Administratio…
Minerals Treaty Recalls 1941: 'The Way to Counter Many Americans' Resistance to War'
The mineral deal between the United States and Ukraine is still in the making. That Trump wants something in return for American aid may not sound very noble, but it is by no means new. The construction evokes memories of the famous Lend-Lease Act at the beginning of World War II.
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