China's 2010-2015 export restrictions on rare earth elements (critical inputs for everything from smartphones to wind turbines) triggered a global innovation based industrial policy surge
If they still control 90% of the processing, the backlash can't have been that bad.
I wonder if it's possible to get an estimate of the supply chain that consumes the processed ore that is Chinese- they've been so effective at industrial concentration it probably dims their ability to do sanctions with low level things.
If they still control 90% of the processing, the backlash can't have been that bad.
I wonder if it's possible to get an estimate of the supply chain that consumes the processed ore that is Chinese- they've been so effective at industrial concentration it probably dims their ability to do sanctions with low level things.