The US and Australia have taken a major step in trying to break China's chokehold on the world's supply of critical minerals....

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“In war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak,” wrote Sun Tzu in his 5th century BCE military treatise, The Art of War....

China's sweeping restrictions on rare earth exports threaten the U.S. defense industry, providing President Xi Jinping with powerful leverage over President Donald Trump in upcoming trade talks....

The U.S. and China have raised new tariffs and export controls on each other, but they may just be a negotiating tactic....

China’s pledge to choke off shipments of rare earth elements could wreak havoc on tech giants like Apple and Tesla as well as big US military contractors – and experts called it a major bargaining chip as Beijing haggles with President Trump over tariffs....

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State capitalism and rare earth processing dilemmas in focus at the FT Metals and Mining Summit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to place an additional 100% tax on Chinese imports starting on Nov. 1 or sooner, potentially escalating tariff rates close to levels that in April fanned fears of a global recession....

New York — The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earth minerals....

US President Donald Trump’s latest threat of additional 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods in response to new curbs on rare earth exports has raised further questions about whether any meaningful improvement in relations is possible....

Tech manufacturers are braced for disruption but non-China producers could get a boostSHANGHAI/SYDNEY/TAIPEI -- China's new export controls on rare earths, lithium-ion batteries and synthetic diamonds have shocked governments and companies around the world, with many seeing them as likely to reignite tensions with Washington ahead of an expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping....