To Beat a State-Capitalist Rival, Washington Became One: Inside the New Critical Minerals Race

To Beat a State-Capitalist Rival, Washington Became One: Inside the New Critical Minerals Race

On July 10, almost exactly a year after the Pentagon announced it was becoming the largest shareholder in MP Materials, the International Energy Agency put a number on what that deal was designed to prevent: $6.5 trillion in global downstream production now sits exposed to China’s rare-earth export curbs — restrictions currently suspended under an […] The post To Beat a State-Capitalist Rival, Washington Became One: Inside the New Critical Miner…

Building Canada’s Place in the New Critical Minerals Order - Policy Magazine

By Vina Nadjibulla July 30, 2026 China’s export controls, a more interventionist G7 agenda and Washington’s widening network of mineral partnerships have transformed the market in which Canada’s critical-minerals strategy must operate. Ottawa now needs to connect domestic industrial policy, international partnerships, and its North American economic relationship into a single strategy. In 2025, China turned longstanding concerns about critical-m…