We have no sovereignty to turn these minerals into products. We don't. It's an abdication that no other country in the world has made. We must reorient. It's because our thinking is rooted in the 1970s, when production was sufficient. It's not. The ability to turn these things into products and have leverage so you're not easily being weaponized against is where the action is.
I could give you much more than I shared today about what the EU, the U.S. and China have been doing to capture these value chains. We need to get into the game. It's an abdication of responsibility. It's as simple as that.