fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoUS may take strategic stakes in rare earths companies to tackle China power grab'
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent told an event on Wednesday that China's dramatic new restrictions on rare earth minerals and magnets demonstrated the need for the US to be self-sufficient in critical materials or rely more on trusted allies. This should be a clear sign to our allies that we must work together, and work together we will. We are not going to let a group of bureaucrats in Beijing try to manage the global supply chains.
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