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CEPA opinion warns allied tungsten deals could split US and EU access

Former Slovak ambassador Ivo Hlavacek, writing for CEPA, warns Pentagon-backed deals like Elmet's stake in Vietnam's Masan risk reallocating tungsten supply between allies rather than adding to it. He urges EU financing and stockpile contracts to carry binding allied-access terms.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted CEPA, Europe's Edge, 3 November 2026

What the source does not establish. This opinion records no EU funding decision, contract or binding access clause; it is the author's own recommendation, not an adopted policy.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion only; urges EU critical-minerals financing to attach binding allied-access terms, not a decision. European Sovereignty Index

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