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Overview
China controls most rare earth metals crucial for U.S. industry and national security, leveraging exports amid escalating trade tensions.
Takeaways
- •Keith Bradsher traces U.S. rare earth dependence to environmental closures and market shifts; American innovation lost to China's unchecked expansion, which drew both legitimate and criminal actors.
- •Japan’s 2010 rare earths crisis spurred aggressive self-sufficiency policies, while inconsistent U.S. efforts faltered as China manipulated market prices, undermining American mining and industrial policy.
- •Recent export restrictions highlight strategic vulnerabilities; long-term solutions demand costly policy shifts, robust industrial investment, and reevaluating supply chains beyond China’s grasp.
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