U S Signals Trade and Investment Leverage as Sierra Leone Negotiates Critical Minerals Agreement

The United States is positioning trade, investment and development financing as key tools in its broader engagement with Sierra Leone as Freetown negotiates a potential Critical Minerals Agreement with Washington.

The position emerged during the confirmation hearing of Ambassador-designate Daniel Travis before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he said he would use the range of U.S. government resources available to advance reforms and American commercial interests.