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Why did china chose to suspend its rare earth ban? (lemmygrad.ml)
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This allows America to rearm and continue murdering innocent people. America's military was getting ready to resupply when the rare earth ban came into effect. Why even negotiate with America anymore. They were in a winning position and they just gave it up. China can go without America but America can't go without China. And they didn't even remove all of the tarifs just some of them. China could have gotten far more for that deal if they even wanted to make it. It just feels like a big mistake.

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[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are .au rare earths different from .cn rare earths?

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The problem is not getting the rare earths. Those are common af. Refining is them is the problem, and China has essentially a global monopoly on it.

So the US can get all the rare earth it wants from Australia. It does not have the capabilities to refine the rew ressources tho, thus still having to rely on China.

Sure, the US could begin to create those capabilities. That would take around a decade... Meanwhile, the window in which the US could feasibly wage war against China closes.

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for your reply. So what is the point of getting rare earths from .au?

[–] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Getting them not from China and bolstering US influence in Australia. The former is a dud, for the explained reasons. The latter will suceed and keep Australia a loyal running dog.

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Makes sense. Thank you.

[–] GreatSquare@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Much like the bullshit Ukraine rare earths story awhile back, Australia is not going to fix US supply chains.

If Australia was a competitive replacement, Trump wouldn't have to lie about all the rare earth deals he's closed with Xi.

P.S. Trump was saying before the Xi meeting that negotiations would be difficult. Now suddenly it's all good? I am very doubtful.

[–] Maeve1@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Lying makes more sense, unless I'm missing something.