FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin As the global economy accelerates its transition toward cleaner energy systems, electrification and digital technologies, trade in critical minerals has become increasingly central amid rising industrial policy measures and intensifying geopolitical competition. The June 2026 edition of UN Trade and Development’s Global Trade Update highlights how governments are responding to surging demand for minerals essential to electric vehicles, battery storage, renewable energy technologies, semiconductors, and data centres. RelatedNews Xeneta: Freight rates are rising, actual demand may not be Sea Cargo Charter: 20 of 29 repeat-reporting signatories reduced emissions in 2025 var jnews_module_21375505_0_6a2be25369a56 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375505","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2929,1582,233","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","