U.S. Drops Mineral, Data Demands in $1.5 Billion Zambia Health Deal
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 8
U.S. Drops Mineral, Data Demands in $1.5 Billion Zambia Health Deal
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 8
Summary
$1.5 billion in U.S.-Zambia health funding was finalized only after Washington removed draft provisions seeking broader access to Zambia's critical minerals and additional data-sharing, according to the final text and people familiar with talks.
The retreat came because those clauses were controversial in the negotiations and threatened to derail the agreement.
The final deal leaves the administration with a major health pact with Zambia but without the resource-access and data concessions it had initially pursued.