SAFE Urges Continued Integration of Domestic and International Mineral Priorities and Codified Support of Mineral Security Partnership Washington, D.C.—In response to the introduction of the Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024, Abigail Hunter, Executive Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Mineral Strategy, released the following statement: “Mineral security is national security. We applaud […]
SAFE Responds to House Committee Findings of Labor Abuses in Chinese Battery Supply Chains
Washington, DC—Responding to recent findings by House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party about potential slave labor practices in China’s battery supply chain, SAFE Founder, President, and CEO Robbie Diamond issued the following statement: “The recent findings from the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party expose broadly suspected abuses in an opaque and impenetrable mineral and […]
SAFE Experts Comment on Section 301 Tariff Review
Responding to the Biden administration’s trade policy decisions impacting $18 billion worth of goods, conducted as part of the statutorily required 4-year review of Section 301 Tariffs, SAFE’s experts provided the following comments: Avery Ash, Executive Director of SAFE’s Coalition for Reimagined Mobility: “Connected, automated and electric technologies will define the next 100 years of success in the automotive sector. […]
SAFE Applauds Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s New Rule to Remove Barriers to Transmission Construction
In response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of a regional transmission planning and cost allocation rule, which will help improve and expand the grid’s transmission infrastructure, Thomas Coleman, Executive Director of SAFE’s Grid Security Project (GSP), released the following statement: “A reliable and secure power grid is the foundation of the American […]
SAFE: Exit Strategy Needed for Dependence on Chinese Graphite Supply
Washington, D.C.—In response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury releasing the final rule on FEOC provisions for the Section 30D clean vehicle tax credit, including a 2 year exemption for graphite, Abigail Hunter, Executive Director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy issued the following statement: “The administration is trapped by time as it strives to […]
