Economists tear apart Peter Navarro's 'national security' argument

Economists tear apart Peter Navarro's 'national security' argument

One of President Donald Trump’s top economist advisers defended the administration’s handouts to rare earth elements corporations — and, speaking exclusively with AlterNet, two top economists tore apart the economist’s logic.“China is using its control over the supply chain for rare-earth and other critical minerals to dominate global commerce and project state power—and the world is finally waking up to the danger,” Peter Navarro, who served as…