20/10/2026
One year ago, President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the U.S.โAustralia Critical Minerals Framework, strengthening our partnership to secure the critical minerals essential to our economies and national security.
The Framework is helping build more resilient supply chains, expand investment, strengthen domestic manufacturing, and create high-quality American jobs. It is also helping to prevent any one nation from having a stranglehold on critical minerals supply chains.
To advance these shared goals, the Export-Import Bank of the United States has issued more than US$2.2 billion in Letters of Interest supporting critical minerals and supply-chain security projects in Australia.
One year on, we're turning our shared commitment into action and building a stronger, more secure economic future for both nations.