China schlägt den USA mit einem Verbot kritischer Mineralien vor, die in der Technologieproduktion verwendet werden

The security of the USA is threatened by the portending inability to produce the hardware for electronics or military goods. For me, this is a frightening scenario because of the ensuing lack of digital communications and in other areas in our defense posture..

Good. China is playing the same game that Republicans claim Trump is playing. If he’s going to start with an unreasonable trade negotiating position, your trade partners are going to call your bluff and play the same game.

I would speculate that this is a two pronged play by China. Not only is this meant to be a hedge against Trump’s proposed tariffs, it’s also an attack on the Tech industty and the Military Industrial Complex, both of whom will be exerting political pressure to get this lifted.