Amid the trade row with the US, China tightened export controls on rare earth metals essential for everything from smartphones and electric cars to military hardware.
With new export licenses now required, Just-in-Time production lines in the West “will be left gasping,” he noted.
He ventured the opinion that European and US companies reliant on these components will be “cursing the tariff policies that kickstarted this tit for tat trade confrontation.”
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For decades, Western auto giants have built deep roots in China’s supply chain – including the heavy magnets and other components derived from the processing of rare earth minerals.
“So, if one of the goals of the Trump tariffs is to protect America’s manufacturing industry, then it will be a hollow strategy if the essential components produced in China cannot be produced domestically,” he summed up.
