China’s rare-earth controls are not the masterstroke they seem

When China imposed export controls on several rare–earth elements (REE) as part of its ongoing trade war with the US, many touted it as another geopolitical masterstroke since it mines roughly 70% of the world’s rare earths and refines nearly 90% of them....

source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/chinas-rare-earth-controls-are-not-the-masterstroke-they-seem/