France 24 (Dec 30, 2025): Why China is bringing out the big guns for drills around Taiwan
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EntityFrance is pushing G7 partners at the June 15-17 Évian summit to back a critical-minerals statement aimed at reducing Western reliance on China, Reuters reported via Internazionale. Japan separately proposed a G7 stockpiling framework, while the French G7 pres…
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