China’s Rare Earth Leverage Is Aerospace’s Latest Constraint

metal cubes representing China's dominance in rare earth elements
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More than a year after the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs—later overturned by the Supreme Court—their most enduring legacy may be a strategic reaction they provoked in Beijing. Just two days after the tariffs were announced, China imposed export controls on seven rare earth elements...
Kevin Michaels

Contributing columnist Kevin Michaels is managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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