WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe
Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
agreed on Friday to immediately begin negotiations on a targeted
critical minerals agreement to facilitate meeting subsidy
requirements in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, the two
leaders said in a joint statement.
The agreement aims at "enabling relevant critical minerals
extracted or processed in the European Union to count toward
requirements for clean vehicles in the Section 30D clean vehicle
tax credit of the Inflation Reduction Act," the statement said.
(Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Eric Beech)