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U.S.-China trade war: Is the latest battle really tit for tat?

December 8, 2024 by Kurt Cobb

Somebody needs to buy U.S. trade policymakers a periodic table of elements. China last week banned export of the key high-tech metals antimony, gallium and germanium to the United States. In this case, China has the upper hand.

Is there a way to counter the Chinese stranglehold on rare earth metals?

June 3, 2019June 2, 2019 by Kurt Cobb

Rare earth metals which are crucial to modern electronics are in the news because the Chinese, the dominate world supplier, are threatening to cut off exports in retaliation for tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by the Trump administration. Is there any way to counter Chinese control of these crucial metals?