EU Secures Minerals and Routes Around Russia and China
The European Union increasingly uses trade, financing, and infrastructure deals with third countries to lock in critical minerals and transport routes that bypass Russia and China, reshaping Eurasian supply lines toward a more multipolar order.
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President Tokayev's Brussels visit produced more than €10 billion in Kazakhstan-EU deals on aircraft, critical minerals, and the Middle Corridor trade route that bypasses Russia.
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Supporting · June 24, 2026
Kazakhstan Signs More Than 10 Billion Euros in Deals With the EU on a Trade Route That Bypasses Russia
President Tokayev's Brussels visit produced more than €10 billion in Kazakhstan-EU deals on aircraft, critical minerals, and the Middle Corridor trade route that bypasses Russia.
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