U.S. increases its dependence on critical mineral imports
by Greg Klein | January 31, 2017
Lacking any domestic sources at all, the United States imported 100% of its supply of 20 minerals last year, the USGS reports. That number increased from 19 the previous year and 11 in 1984. Included in the 2016 list were rare earths, yttrium, niobium, tantalum, fluorspar, which are among a suite of materials often designated as ‘critical’ or ‘strategic’ because they are essential to the economy and their supply may be disrupted.”
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Trump's weapon in trade war
by Simon Jack, bbc business editor
Anthony Scaramucci, a senior adviser to the president, told the BBC recently at the World Economic Forum gathering in Switzerland that the relationship with China was "asymmetrical", and that he was doubtful of China's ability to exact revenge on the US.
"What are they going to do, [are] they going to move against our move for fairness?" he asked, pointedly.
"That's going to cost them way more than it is ever going to cost us, and I think they know that."
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Commerce president Chris Grove points out. “So when Beijing says it’s going to take off the gloves, I think they’re referring to trade.”
A possible Senkaku redux is one of a number of aspects to a global paradigm shift that Grove sees coming, to the benefit of Western industry in general and Ashram in particular.
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