UK and Japan Deepen Economic Security Cooperation on Critical Minerals, Export Controls and Screening
The UK-Japan declaration commits to deeper cooperation on investment security, critical minerals, economic coercion, export controls, supply-chain resilience and dual-use technologies.
BY GEOPOLITICS DESK · JUNE 18, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
The UK-Japan declaration commits to deeper cooperation on investment security, critical minerals, economic coercion, export controls, supply-chain resilience and dual-use technologies. It explicitly references consultation on economic coercion, information sharing on investment-screening policies and coordination on technology-control measures. Corporate legal teams should read this as a blueprint for allied economic-security policy. Cross-border deals, critical-minerals projects and dual-use technology collaborations will increasingly be reviewed through supply-chain resilience and coercion lenses.