China Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense

[annotator]

China is limiting the flow of critical minerals to Western defense manufacturers, delaying production and forcing companies to scour the world for stockpiles of the minerals needed to make everything from bullets to jet fighters.

Earlier this year, as U.S.-China trade tensions soared, Beijing tightened the controls it places on the export of rare earths. While Beijing allowed them to start flowing after the Trump administration agreed in June to a series of trade concessions, China has maintained a lock on critical minerals for defense purposes.

https://archive.ph/pZ6ay#selection-759.0-763.321

 

America needs to launch a massive program to ensure access to these minerals.

[sandyf]

5 minutes ago, annotator said:

China is limiting the flow of critical minerals to Western defense manufacturers, delaying production and forcing companies to scour the world for stockpiles of the minerals needed to make everything from bullets to jet fighters.

Earlier this year, as U.S.-China trade tensions soared, Beijing tightened the controls it places on the export of rare earths. While Beijing allowed them to start flowing after the Trump administration agreed in June to a series of trade concessions, China has maintained a lock on critical minerals for defense purposes.

https://archive.ph/pZ6ay#selection-759.0-763.321

 

America needs to launch a massive program to ensure access to these minerals.

Don't you think it would be better if the US stopped interfering in everyone else's business.

[annotator]

1 minute ago, sandyf said:

Don't you think it would be better if the US stopped interfering in everyone else's business.

That's basically what President Trump is doing. A few missteps here and there. But he is disengaging from telling other governments how they should be run.

 

[FlorC]

China should have done this a decade ago.

[annotator]

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

China should have done this a decade ago.

From their point of view that would have been a terrible idea. They've been profiting massively from technology transfers from the US. Why would they want to put a stop to that? Here's a great article that illustrates the point.

https://archive.ph/i80rH