Trump administration builds equity portfolio with stakes in at least 10 companies, focusing on critical minerals
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Spencer Kimball
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The Trump administration has made unprecedented equity investments and obtained stakes in at least 10 companies over the past year, primarily in critical mineral companies as part of a strategy to build a domestic supply chain and reduce dependence on China. The investments also include chipmakers and potentially a nuclear reactor company, with the administration taking a governance stake in U.S. Steel rather than a direct economic interest. This level of direct government investment in private companies is described as extraordinary outside of wartime or economic crisis.
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bskyTrump administration builds equity portfolio with stakes in at least 10 companies, focusing on critical mineralscnbc.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThe number of investments is extraordinary outside of wartime or an economic crisis.
Many are in critical mineral companies as the White House plots a strategy to directly back mining companies to build a domestic supply chain and reduce dependence on China.
In the case of U.S. Steel, the administration has taken a governance stake rather than a direct economic interest.
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