Policy
EU Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)
Sets 2030 benchmarks to mine at least 10% of EU demand, process 40%, recycle 25%, and cap dependence on any single non-EU country at 65%. Creates “Strategic Projects” with faster permitting and support to build EU-based extraction, processing, and recycling—directly aligned with EU-sited materials and components production.
Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy
A federal plan covering 31 minerals with multibillion-dollar funding to make Canada a “supplier of choice,” spanning exploration, permitting, midstream processing, recycling, and infrastructure, with Indigenous partnership at its core. Useful for AITAS upstream partnerships and offtakes that feed EU processing.
CETA (EU–Canada free trade agreement)
Eliminates tariffs on the vast majority of goods and improves customs, services access, and investment protections—helpful for moving metals/minerals and components across the Atlantic. Provisional application since 2017 means most benefits are already active.
EU–Canada Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials (2021)
A framework to integrate EU–Canada raw-materials value chains, promote investment, and coordinate on R&D and ESG standards—aimed at secure, sustainable supply. It complements CETA and gives a direct policy lane for AITAS to structure transatlantic projects.
EU–Canada Security & Defence Partnership (2025)
A tailor-made, high-level framework for ongoing defence and security cooperation (cyber, maritime, space, resilience), with new dialogue/consultation mechanisms. It reinforces trusted-partner status—relevant to dual-use energy systems and security-of-supply considerations.
Minerals Security Partnership (MSP)
A coalition (the EU plus partner countries) to catalyze public–private investment and diversify responsible supply chains for critical minerals from mine through recycling—reducing single-country risk. Membership and activity have expanded since launch, strengthening avenues for bankable projects.