Europe is wide open to China’s economic blackmail
The EU will need to find new sources of rare earths to break Beijing’s monopoly on critical minerals
United States
Xi’s call to Trump shows Japan has ‘rattled’ China
Beijing’s row with Tokyo over the Taiwan question has left it walking on a threadbare ‘red line’
Xi flexes his muscles to turn back the clock on Trump
China ‘possesses powerful cards that can inflict pain on the US and its partners’
Trump has the ‘superlatives,’ but Xi has that ‘truce’
‘It’s clear that rare earths’ are ‘the ace in the hole that China is able to wield over’ the US
Trump flies out and China flies in with a trade deal
Beijing’s pact with ASEAN highlights the fallout from the tariff wars being waged across the world
China’s forgotten legacy of cooperation with the US
Washington gave $1.6 billion in Land-Lease aid during World War II and rebuilt the Chinese Navy
Trump looks to tariff-hit friends to bail him out
This should be a clear sign to our allies that we must work together against China, says key aide Bessent
China and the US plunge into a rare-earth crater
Beijing creates a closed-loop ecosystem that pulls in Australia’s materials and exports finished goods
China ‘spy case fiasco’ risks rift in UK-US ties
Trump administration official criticizes Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government for dropping prosecution
Xi puts the squeeze on Trump before critical talks
China’s move to weaponize rare earths is ‘strategic’ and is aimed at ‘hindering’ the US and its allies