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Critical minerals are no longer just a commodity story but central to trade, investment and industrial development due to their role in high-tech sectors.
Governments are increasingly using trade policy to secure access and strengthen competitiveness.
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The supply of critical minerals is highly concentrated, particularly in processing and refining.
As growing demand heightens competition, trade policy is becoming a key force shaping production, trade, costs, and how benefits are distributed.
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Alta demanda por minerais críticos está remodelando comércio global, diz @UNCTAD. Em economia marcada por #inteligênciaartificial, #carroselétricos e #painéissolares, governos estão buscando espaço no comércio de minerais como lítio, grafite e cobalto. news.un.org/pt/story/2026/06…
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Au-delà des minerais essentiels à la transition énergétique, la SADC offre à Madagascar 275,1 millions de dollars d’opportunités d’exportation, notamment dans les produits chimiques, le papier-carton et la transformation alimentaire.
En savoir plus : ow.ly/Wb7i50Zb9jr
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As competition for critical minerals grows, global trade risks fragmentation with overlapping rules and standards.
Trade policy needs to support development in mineral-rich countries while enabling the low-carbon, digital transition.
UNCTAD analysis: ow.ly/tb7950Zb6LS
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Critical minerals, essential to clean energy, digitalization and electrification, are reshaping global trade.
Will they drive fragmentation or build resilience?
Stronger cooperation and policy coherence will be key: ow.ly/MZA850Zb4w5
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Demand for critical energy transition minerals is projected to soar: lithium 350% , graphite 130% by 2040.
UNCTAD examines how countries are responding and how to keep trade open, predictable and development-oriented: ow.ly/2Bhn50Zb1PP
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Critical minerals are in high demand. But supply is concentrated and much of the value is captured beyond extraction.
Trade policy is now a key lever. Can it drive both inclusive development and a low-carbon future?
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Madagascar can boost value from critical energy transition minerals while diversifying beyond mining.
The Southern African Development Community offers $275.1M in export opportunities, led by chemicals, paper and food processing.
UNCTAD analysis: ow.ly/3Fu950Zapvg
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Can we ensure that a fractured trade system still supports development and inclusive growth? Or are we entering a period of permanent marginalisation for smaller economies?
In her latest analysis, @luzmadelamora, @UNCTAD, highlights a critical shift: trade is no longer just about efficiency; it’s now a tool for national security. econenterprise.co/B
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Monitoring and evaluation remain a key weakness for national trade facilitation committees.
Bridging these gaps will be crucial to accelerating reforms for faster, cheaper and more predictable cross-border trade.
UNCTAD analysis: ow.ly/n15X50Z9uQr
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Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have pushed up oil prices and hit vulnerable economies hard.
Some depend on the Gulf for a significant share of their energy imports and now face the added challenge of securing alternative supplies.
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Rising oil prices linked to Strait of Hormuz disruptions are adding pressure on vulnerable economies – lifting import costs, fueling inflation and straining public finances for nearly 1 billion people.
UNCTAD analysis: ow.ly/qnoL50Z8QVj
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On World Oceans Day, new @UNCTAD data show that services surpassed goods to account for over half of ocean trade ($2.5 trillion) in 2025.
How can developing economies turn this shift into greater value creation and stronger ocean conservation?
Explore: ow.ly/mMEb50Z8N3N
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Global trade, food systems and livelihoods depend on the ocean.
“Reimagine,” the theme of World Oceans Day 2026, calls for action: restore ocean health and sustain development.
Explore how a sustainable and inclusive ocean economy can deliver: ow.ly/mojJ50Z8v4S
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Meeting with President Randrianirina, UNCTAD’s acting chief discussed support for Madagascar’s development priorities, including opportunities to add value and diversify economic activity within and beyond the country’s critical minerals value chain.
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Madagascar: The UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for 2024–2028 was signed on 5 June.
The framework will strengthen support for the country's technical cooperation projects and align collective UN efforts with national priorities and the 2030 Agenda.
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Madagascar: UNCTAD rapid assessment explores value addition & diversification within and beyond the critical energy transition minerals value chain.
The official launch was attended by Minister of Industrialization and Private Sector Development Ny Riana Nampoina Raharimanjato.
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Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay.
Today and every day, we work with countries to build green, blue and circular economies, ensuring that trade is part of the solution to the triple planetary crisis: climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Learn more: ow.ly/CYP150Z87mH
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In Antananarivo today, Acting Secretary-General Pedro Manuel Moreno met with Madagascar’s President Michael Randrianirina to launch a new UNCTAD rapid assessment of value addition and diversification within and beyond the country’s critical energy transition minerals value chain.
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