Overview

• Berlin announced a Canada–Germany declaration on critical minerals centered on midstream processing, refining and recycling for lithium, copper, tungsten, gallium, germanium, nickel and rare earth elements.
• Ottawa confirmed two finalists for Canada’s next submarines—Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Hanwha Ocean—with shipyard visits set and a planning horizon that targets first deliveries in the 2030s.
• Carney said Canada will begin discussions on supplying LNG to German buyers and flagged federal investments to expand port capacity, including a major upgrade at Churchill, Manitoba and additional East Coast projects.
• New commercial links were highlighted, including Aurubis buying copper concentrate from Troilus, Vacuumschmelze purchasing rare earth oxides from Torngat, and Rock Tech sourcing renewable power from Enertrag for a German facility.
• Canada extended its NATO Operation Reassurance deployment in Latvia by three years, and Carney said security‑guarantee talks for Ukraine are ongoing without concrete commitments.