04
Jun
2019
media Ifri in the Media
John SEAMAN, quoted by Lucy Hornby and Henry Sanderson in the Financial Times

Rare earths: Beijing threatens a new front in the trade war

China believes its near-monopoly gives it leverage over the US but supply cuts would spur rival producers.

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“I think this is an attempt by China to cause second thoughts in Washington in hopes of moderating what has become a very aggressive US position towards China on all fronts,” says John Seaman, research fellow at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales in Paris.

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This article is available on the website of the Financial Times: Rare earths: Beijing threatens a new front in the trade war.

Keywords
Rare earths China United States