今天萬斯提出的preferential trade zone for precious metals, 是不是類似金本位

石油美元，進化到以後稀有金屬礦物支持美元貨幣？

查了一下包括50多個國家，主要是結合起來對付中國，以應對中國產品的低價傾銷。包括的貴金屬有稀土，鈷，鋰，黃金，鎢，鈾

The term preferential trade zone for precious metals refers to recent U.S.-led initiatives, like the proposedAgreement on Trade in Critical Minerals, aiming to create a bloc of allied nations for secure supply chains, especially for rare earths and other key minerals like cobalt and lithium, to counterChinas dominancein processing. This zone would use tariffs and common standards to ensure access, create jobs, and prevent market flooding with subsidized minerals, potentially including gold, uranium, and tungsten under specific agreements.

Key Aspects of the Proposed Zone:

• Goal:Reduce reliance on China for critical minerals used in high-tech and defense industries.
• Mechanism:Establish reference prices as floors, maintained through adjustable tariffs for zone members, ensuring fair pricing.
• Participants:Involves over 50 countries, including Mexico, Japan, EU nations, India, Canada, South Korea, Australia, and Saudi Arabia.
• Focus Minerals:Rare earths, cobalt, nickel, graphite, lithium, and potentially gold and uranium.
• Benefits:Secure supply chains, encourage domestic production, create skilled jobs, and stabilize prices.

Related Initiatives:

• Minerals Security Partnership(MSP):A Biden-era initiative focused on collaborative funding for mineral projects, now potentially evolving under the new proposal.
• IndiasAdvance Authorisation Scheme:An existing scheme allowing duty-free import of inputs for jewelry export, demonstrating existing preferential systems.

Why it Matters:
China controls significant processing capacity for many of these minerals, using it as geo-economic leverage. This new preferential zone aims to build an alternative, secure network for these vital resources.