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Europe is wide open to China’s economic blackmail

December 15, 2025November 27, 2025 by Gracia Abad Quintanal

The EU will need to find new sources of rare earths to break Beijing’s monopoly on critical minerals

Categories Viewpoint Tags Communist Party of China, European Union, News, Rare Earths, The Conversation, The Long Read, Three-Way Tariffs, United States Leave a comment

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