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Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.

The changes come as President Trump’s tariff threats have disrupted global trade and added pressure to the British government’s already strained budget.

There is nothing suspicious about the shift in Democratic fortunes. But partisans from across the spectrum are questioning the results, for different reasons.