Tensions have been boiling over between US President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping Picture: Brendan Smialowski and Fred Dufour/AFP.Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently shared his concerns about the ongoing friction.
Amid the backdrop of rising military tensions across much of the Indo-Pacific, including the hotly contested South China Sea, arguably one of the most important trade arrangements under threat is the export of Chinese rare-earth minerals to the United States and other nations currently facing off with Beijing.They are a key element in the manufacturing of all manner of products and devices we take for granted in our daily lives, from the hard drive in your home computer to your smartphone.
For the United States, China’s near monopoly on certain rare earth minerals is extremely concerning. Approximately 80 per cent of all US rare earth mineral requirements are met by supplies from China, despite the United States possessing the second largest rare earth production capacity in the world.Source:SuppliedBeijing has not pulled any punches in ramming home how much leverage it derives from its rare earth mineral exports to the United States.
In November last year, Canberra and Washington took a major step to making Australia a key part of the US strategy to reduce its reliance on Chinese exports. But as tensions continue to rise between China and the United States over trade, COVID-19 and the South China Sea, the ongoing co-operation between Washington and Canberra to develop an Australian alternative to Beijing’s dominance of the production of rare earths is taking on a new level of importance.
Woe unto the australians. They are being balcklisted
Very strange that Brasil is missing from the article. There is a rumour that it has the second largest rare earth deposits outside of China. More homework required.
The only thing america wants from AUS is a launching pad and a target for them to shoot at
to use them as pawns .... US dont give a stuff about OZ do there dirty work ..... stop following the US
I'll vote against anyone who takes aggressive military action against China. It's our corrupt politicians who sent our jobs there and now want to send them to India. They can fight their wars themselves.
Australia also hit by the Trumpirus
China is coming, we will see a war this decade.
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