US says 'non-market' tactics needed to counter China's rare earth dominance

US reduces reliance on China for rare earths but remains vulnerable ...

US says 'non-market' tactics needed to counter China's rare earth dominance

G7 countries will have to use "non-market" tactics to curb China's dominance in rare earth production, the US energy secretary said Friday, calling the effort a "strategic necessity."

China’s Rare Earths Strategy: How China’s Subtle Supply Chain Tactics Keep Global Industries Hooked

China continues to dominate the global rare earths supply chain, leveraging its influence not through overt export bans but via a more subtle system of licensing delays, quota management, and administrative control. While partner economies have learned much since the 2010 Japan–China rare earths dispute, the balance of power remains tilted toward Beijing. Efforts by Japan and others to replicate Tokyo’s post-2010 diversification strategy — combi…

MILLOY: Trump moves to break US dependence on Communist China

It’s great news that the Trump administration agreed this week with Australia to take steps toward breaking Communist China’s chokehold on rare earth minerals. In addition to a July announcement of a project to extract rare earths from coal mined in Wyoming, President Donald Trump is moving us in a desperately needed direction. But our vulnerabilities to China go much deeper, and much more and faster action is needed. Rare earth minerals are ess…