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Critical Minerals Give China an Edge in Trade Negotiations
- China's control over critical minerals has influenced trade talks with Washington, resulting in a framework for a deal.
- Beijing has mandated exporters of certain key minerals to obtain licenses for international shipments in response to tariffs.
- Experts indicate that Beijing is unlikely to remove the permit system controlling access to critical resources.
- Deng Xiaoping highlighted China's focus on rare earths in 1992, stating, 'the Middle East has oil, China has rare earths.
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Beijing plays its cards carefully with the Americans, so as not to push Washington to the wall and encourage it to invest in its own rare earth industry. This would mean the end of China's monopoly and the loss of the global geopolitical leverage that it derives from it.
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