{"id":131232,"date":"2025-06-16T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131232"},"modified":"2025-06-16T23:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T23:00:07","slug":"china-attains-leverage-in-trade-war-on-the-back-of-its-trump-card-rare-earths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=131232","title":{"rendered":"China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card, rare earths."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States remains a dominant power in finance, while China has a pre-eminent position in the global industrial supply chain.<br \/>\nThat distinction between the world\u2019s two largest economies was highlighted in the latest trade talks between Beijing and Washington, when China leveraged its trump card \u2013 rare earth elements. China dominates the global supply of rare earths, including 70 per cent of mining and around 90 per cent of refining these minerals.<br \/>\nRare earths are vital components in a vast&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3314616\/china-attains-leverage-trade-war-back-its-trump-card-rare-earth-elements?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States remains a dominant power in finance, while China has a pre-eminent position in the global industrial supply chain. That distinction between&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131232"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}