Critical Minerals Moves, Cuba in the Crosshairs, and EU-Russia Sanctions Update

On this episode of the Trade Guys, Bill and Scott react to the recently announced U.S. critical minerals stockpile and a broader effort to work with allies on price floors. They also discuss plummeting oil shipments to Cuba under Trump administration pressure, as well as continued efforts in the EU to sanction and decouple from Russia.

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Critical Minerals Moves, Cuba in the Crosshairs, and EU-Russia Sanctions Update is an episode from The Trade Guys by CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies.

This episode is 32:39 long.

This episode was published on Feb 9, 2026.

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