Every time I wished Trump would go through with his threats but he kept TACOing..... I hope Mr Trump realizes he is not only disappointing the MAGAs, he is breaking my heart too....
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Every time I wished Trump would go through with his threats but he kept TACOing..... I hope Mr Trump realizes he is not only disappointing the MAGAs, he is breaking my heart too....
But is the pricing still using Western pricing systems or RMB pricing model?
What is interesting to me, that these people, who basically are nobodies for China, because these companies do not need them, that these foreigners were hosted and given free tours of the facilities.
Cue the faux outrage in the West about transparency!
He is a walking liability in regards to the future of this world. Disappointing that the so called God blessed nation fails in its entirety to stop this menace. Seriously they should shut up about anything to do with morals because it’s clear that never practice what they preach
What you are saying is not entirely true.
The sanctioned party, must still have the ability to obtain what they are being denied, and that is not a simple answer.
Back in 1973 from a Middle East war, OPEC embargo the oil, sending the US into a deep recession with high inflation. OPEC cannot do that today because of the shale oil revolution in America.
Will the West in general find enough of these rare earths and process them in large quantities required?
The answer to that right now is a clear no, it will takes years. With the new restrictions announced, then what exactly is a defense contractor in the US going to do?
They need that rare earth stuff to build missiles. That is running out due to various wars.
Going to pull it straight out of my ass right here right now right!
This is a pre-emptive move, because the war in Ukraine is coming to an end.
These new sanctions is to blunt the wild theories the West will have after NATO is defeated.
Also put immense political pressure on President Trump, because these rare earths are needed for factory production, and this question of supply is not settled. The Republicans have to win in 2026 their mid-terms for Trump to be able to rule the way he wants.
Going to get interesting!
RE from Pakistan is not that critical
US can get all their RE and refine them from their own massive reserves and from Australia.
But US problems are many . Scaling up, very high cost of production, lack of energy ,environmental degradation, lack of refining tech and the time required to set up. China have already solved all these problems.
By the time US scaled up process is up and running (5 to 10 years ?) we would be living in a very different world.
China may buy if they can pay for US soy beans in rmb.