On Wednesday, the US and Ukraine signed a deal that will establish a new investment and reconstruction fund to give the US access to Ukrainian rare earth minerals and other natural resources.
“I am glad to announce the signing of today’s historic economic partnership agreement between the United States and Ukraine establishing the United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund,” said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
Bessent said the deal “allows the United States to invest alongside Ukraine, to unlock Ukraine’s growth assets, mobilize American talent, capital, and governance standards that will improve Ukraine’s investment climate and accelerate Ukraine’s economic recovery.”
While it does not appear Ukraine received any concrete security guarantees as part of the deal, it means the US now has more of an interest in staying involved in the country’s affairs. Bessent said the agreement “signals clearly to Russia that the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine over the long-term.”
The signing of the deal comes after months of contentious negotiations, which included the Oval Office blow-up between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Vice President JD Vance, and President Trump.
Trump has been saying that Ukraine owes the US hundreds of billions of dollars for its spending on the proxy war, an idea Zelensky has rejected. Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, who signed the deal with Bessent in Washington, said the agreement didn’t include any sort of debt repayment.
“The agreement does not contain any mention of any debt obligations of Ukraine to the United States. The implementation of the agreement will allow both countries to expand their economic potential through equal cooperation and investment,” she said.
What happens to the deal if Russia takes all of Ukraine?
That is up to the rest of the world if they all want to still do business with the emerging Russian Empire, that. is specially targeting civilian populations.
Why would it be up to the rest of the world to determine what happens to deal between the USA and Ukraine, if Ukraine ceases to exists?
You have mixed up Russia for the USA, CLEARLY! 🙂
Russia doesn't want all of Ukraine and couldn't take all of Ukraine.
A closer question is how publicly international law assesses the situation of the illegally occupied, annexed territories of Ukraine as a result of Russia's counter-revolutionary, imperialistic war of aggression since February/March 2014 in the framework of the US-Ukraine Mineral Agreement. The constitutions of the USA, Russia, and Ukraine define publicly international law as the supreme law of the land.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-6/#VI_C2 "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;"
https://mid.ru/upload/medialibrary/fa3/xwhwumdwunawy9iprvhcxdqds1lzxqdx/CONSTITUTION-Eng.pdf Article 15 of the Russian Constitution: "4. Universally recognized principles and norms of international law as well as international agreements of the Russian Federation should be an integral part of its legal system. If an international agreement of the Russian Federation establishes rules, which differ from those stipulated by law, then the rules of the international agreement shall be applied."
https://hcj.gov.ua/sites/default/files/field/file/the_constitution_of_ukraine.pdf
"Article 9. International treaties in force ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall be a part of the national legislation of Ukraine. Conclusion of international treaties that contravene the Constitution of Ukraine shall be possible only after introducing relevant amendments to the Constitution of Ukraine."
Tax payers take a hit while Black Rock and other corporations get rich???
Everyone in the world with an extra dollar in their pockets invests in Western Markets, including Countries that don't like us. BlackRock is down $6.14 pre-market this morning.
BlackRock manages a vast amount of assets under management (AUM), meaning they handle investments for institutional and retail clients. They offer a wide variety of investment products, including mutual funds, ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), and more, catering to diverse investment needs.
Taxpayers take a hit for everything, what is your point?? BlackRock currently employs roughly 21,100 people. This number is a combination of employees in the United States and around the world. BlackRock is a global investment management firm with a presence in over 35 countries.
Taxpayers take a hit for everything, what is your point?? BlackRock currently employs roughly 21,100 people. This number is a combination of employees in the United States and around the world. BlackRock is a global investment management firm with a presence in over 35 countries.
What happened to the mineral deal with UK…?!
Everything is temporary as we are developing methods to extract our own rare earth minerals. . While not actually rare in terms of abundance, they are challenging to extract and purify.
Yankees go home! Europe does not need you, much less your bottomless greed.
Mets can f**k off, too. I got a good feeling 'bout my Colorado Rockies this season !
For the Rockies, it's neck and neck with the White Sox.
Who are Mets? Oh, I’m guessing that some obscure Yankee (US-American) rugby (pseudo-football) reference.
I use Yankee bc some people find Gringo to be offensive. I’m trying to be polite, mind you.
Oh, how many baseball fans would envy your position, a blissful unawareness of the existence and long agonising history of the NY Mets !
If it weren’t for Trump actively s**tting on the Political Correctness movement and driving it into underground remission, I’m sure the NY Yankees would soon face the same wokeist screeching that forced the Cleveland MLB team, the Washington NFL team, the Edmonton CFL team to change their names and eventually the Green Bay NFL team & others too.
Oh, it’s the creole variant of cricket: the unique English sport that never crossed the Channel… but somehow made all the rage in Pakistan. Yeah, I never ever understood cricket/baseball, I’m not starting now at my old age.
Anyway it’s all sports, even football (soccer): I marched yesterday on May Day with the local revolutionary socialists and was frustrated as, when walkingb back home, I saw no more red banners of popular hope but lots of people dressed with t-shirts of the local team: Athletic Bilbao. Then a friend greeted me outside a tavern and I gruntled about how the masses are so alienated with “gladiators”… and he was with some Slovak lumpen who scolded me for wanting communism and began ranting about toilet paper…
Sigh!
They done named a football club after the main character of “The Hobbit” ? Nice !
I like cricket a LOT, and despite how confusing & mysterious it looked on its outset, I managed to learn how it works by watching some India Premiere League T20 format (Chennai Super Kings RULE & not just ’cause of MS Dhoni) and now I quite dig it.
I guess this makes this the only "tariff" agreement that Trump has concluded/
We had a two trillion dollar deficit last year, what is your plan to fix it? We cannot borrow and print money forever. What is the democrat plan? Give the readers something to work with.
It’s not that complicated — across the board cuts to all US budget lines in an amount representing this year’s deficit.
Except the Pentagon gets a 20% boost. So we will now spend seven times more than China for our military rather than just five.
Does that include society security? Good luck selling that.
We ship more weapons to the Ukraine and we get minerals after we invest money to get them out of the ground. some deal for the tax payers to up the anti adn pay up.
"Bessent said the deal 'allows the United States to'"-
-show up waving a land property claim for mineral extraction, no matter the government, or if it's a depopulated rubble heap, or even if Russia is on it.
LOL. Yea, can you see the Russia, saying OK? This deal means nothing.
Borrowed from the Mafia's Standard Operating Procedure. Congratulations Ukraine!
Like everything Trump does, I suspect this is 99% hot air and 1% substance. After all, those enormous Ukrainian rare earth reserves have been debunked, they don't exist .
There's gold, titanium and many other minerals, lots of iron and also some rare earths (there're are rare earths everywhere, they're just costly to exploit because of their extremely distrubuted commonality).
So why not look for them somewhere closer to home… I don't know… maybe in Canada or Greenland?
Because failed states under semi-colonial control like Ukraine have very cheap labor and nearly no environmental protection (especially as they’re going to stay out of the EU). Anyway, there are, I understand different concentration gradients and West Ukraine has some of the good ones for what I’ve read.
In any case it was rather Trump confusing the phrase “rare and valuable minerals” with “rare earths” first and “raw earths” later.
Thanks for the link (dated Feb 26 2025) suggesting further thinking needed, as with:
Curiously, that 99/1% breakdown probably also describes the revenue allocation from this mining scheme.
From revenue share, debts owing, user fees, prospecting fees, consultation fees, NATO Assistance levies, TrumpCorp LLC (A Subsidiary Of The Presidency) fees, the USA takes 99% of any mineral wealth, leaving 1% to "trickle down" to Ukrainian citizens – namely its current dictator Zelenskiyy.
"After all, those enormous Ukrainian rare earth reserves have been debunked…"
Now hold on – Trump IS a massive idiot and ignoramus. He might think Silicon, Iron, Carbon, Oxygen, Styrofoam, Plexiglas, and Yellow Dye #16 are "rare earth elements" because he's heard about those and only rarely.
For Trump it is all show. He will be long gone by the time any mineral operation gets on the way if ever. but should it work out, don't think for a minute that the average American will see some benefit from it all.
He is a grifter, the deal will make him look the winner, he can dump the mess left behind in the laps of the European lackeys and have them wear down Russia for regime change and the breaking of the RF. Then they can take care of Iran. And Trump will get the Peace Noble Prize.
It's really uncanny how he can really do all kind of corrupt things but always come out the winner.
No wonder that MAGA Christians say he is sent by god and divinely inspired. While other Christians say he is the Anti-Christ.
Whatever, he is one of the best con artist ever in politics and the Democrats have zero clue to oppose him. They are doing more to help him by being extra stupid.
The REE mining of any region depends on proven reserves and ease or difficulty of mining. Ukraine's proven reserves of REE elements is low but they are apparently easier to mine than ours. Our proven reserve is far greater than Ukraine's. It would perhaps be useful to create a top-notch geologic and mining team to scour our lands for promising REE ores.
That is also creating new jobs.
Several of Ukrainian's REE deposits are outside the areas which are now occupied by Russia.
Will we have to protect the accessible mines with our military against potential future Russian attacks?
I could tell you a story, that I believe is a true event, concerning "mining " in the Mojave in what I think was 1988. It is stunning, but I believe true after doing my own research. If interested read the Book. "The Searchers" and "The Mojave Incident",,probably available on Amazon, then put 2 and 2 together and have your mind blown. 🙂
Zelensky just sold Trump a bag of magic beans in exchange for unlimited military support, WTF!
Trump can now say he won and walk away, let the European lackeys do the clean up job if it kills all of them. To be a friend with Americans is fatal, Europeans are no exception.
So now they can move on and let the American owned ruling European elite finish the job to wear Russia down and the Americans can proceed with regime change and breaking the RF in pieces. That will take care of the old continent like they did in the ME and Libya and Afghanistan and S. America and they are free to deal with China, they have their people in the Taiwan government ready to go.
Being America's enemy is dangerous, but being her friend can be Fatal…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!