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Executive Order 14272 — Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products

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Executive Office of the President / Federal Register

OfficialenPublished 18 Apr 2025Accessed 12 Aug 2026

Canonical Federal Register text, 90 FR 16437 (FR Doc. 2025-06836), signed 15 April 2025. Read in full 2026-08-12 via the Federal Register full-text endpoint (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2025/04/18/2025-06836.txt); the HTML page above 302-redirects automated clients to an unblock page. Source of the two verbatim section 1 framing anchors, the section 2 definitions, and the section 3 instruction to the Secretary of Commerce to open the section 232 investigation.

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/18/2025-06836/ensuring-national-security-and-economic-resilience-through-section-232-actions-on-processed-critical

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Ensuring National Security and Economic Resilience Through Section 232 Actions on Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products
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Control clauses

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trade_investigation · Sec. 3
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Original-language framing

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Critical minerals, including rare earth elements, in the form of processed minerals are essential raw materials and critical production inputs required for economic and national security.
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But processed critical minerals and their derivative products face significant global supply chain vulnerabilities and market distortions due to reliance on a small number of foreign suppliers.
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