Source: China – South China Morning PostRare earths are needed for everything from consumer electronics to electric vehicles, wind turbines and fighter jets – and China controls the supply chain. In the third of a four-part series, we look at how Beijing’s dominance in the critical minerals is matching up to Washington’s lead in artificial intelligence, as well as how they are related.
When the US president unveiled his tariffs in April, China knew it had a trump card that had been quietly gaining in value over the decades and that no…Read More