The Pentagon and defense contractors are heavily reliant on magnets and rare earth minerals mined or processed in China, which has suspended exports of the materials in an escalating trade war.
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China’s Halt of Critical Minerals Poses Risk for U.S. Military Programs
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China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defense
Exports of rare earths now require special licenses, but Beijing has yet to fully establish a system for issuing them, the New York Times reported.
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Chess Not Checkers! Chinese Manufacturers Exposing Brands As ‘Not Made in America’ Amid Trade War
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Tariffs are hitting weed vapes. It could not come at a worse time for Michigan’s industry.
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Latest twist in tariff turmoil: China cuts off flow of critical minerals. Live updates
China has steeply increased its tariff on U.S. goods and choked off the flow of valuable, rare-earth metals and magnets into the U.S.
iPhones, Shein and toys among items potentially impacted by US-China tariff war
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Trump’s trade war with China is ‘the end of the era of expanding globalization.’ But it could leave the U.S. worse off because of a major imbalance in key imports
The U.S. has more sectors of the economy that are highly reliant on Chinese imports than the other way around.
US-China trade war escalates as Beijing hikes tariffs to 125 percent
President Trump’s trade war with China was escalated once again Friday morning, after Beijing hiked tariffs on U.S goods to 125 percent. This time, however, China’s Ministry of Finance …
Trump: China won’t get ‘off the hook’ on tariffs. China: ‘We will never yield.’
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Larry Summers erupts in anger after Trump official blames him for China trade imbalance: ‘You’re talking nonsense!’
David Sacks, the newly appointed “crypto czar” in President Donald Trump’s administration, engaged in a heated confrontation with Summers.
