United States: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

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Global reliance on critical minerals for emerging technologies has created a competition between nations to secure reliable supply chains for continued innovation pertinent to national security. This is necessary from a national security perspective for both partners in this agreement.

The U.S. Department of State has designated two major Brazil-based transnational criminal organizations as Specially Designated Global Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations, marking a significant expansion of the Trump Administration's counterterrorism strategy. This development follows similar designations of Mexican and Latin American criminal groups and represents a novel application of counterterrorism authorities to combat organized crime.