Ford CEO Jim Farley said that a rare earth minerals shortage is hurting production ...
China's dominance in rare earths minerals can cause a shortage for US consumers in everything from cars to TV remotes.[image or embed]
-- Business Insider (@businessinsider.com) Jun 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
@#2 ... Xi has stinky over a barrel. ...
Yup.
China's control of rare earth minerals has caused Pres trump to back-track, tail between his legs, from his ~most beautiful tariffs.~
And in the apparent ~framework~ negotiated (a framework that only puts things back to a month or so ago in the negotiations) China seems to have agreed to only six-month contracts for exporting rare-earth minerals.
China Puts Six-Month Limit on Its Ease of Rare-Earth Export Licenses (June 11, 2025)
www.wsj.com
So, how can US CEOs who need rare-earth minerals put into place the multi-year strategies that they usually do for their wealthy shareholders?
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