Australia and Japan Deepen Energy Ties With New Supply Chain Pact

The prime ministers of Australia and Japan today inked an energy cooperation agreement that also covers critical mineral supply. Australia is a leading supplier of energy commodities to resource-poor Japan and the top supplier of liquefied natural gas, Reuters noted in a report on the news. “Australia and Japan are taking action to protect our economies from future economic shocks and uncertainty,” Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, following the signing of the deal with Japan’s Sanae Takaichi, who is on a three-day…