As the trade war continues to escalate, China has hit back at Trump by suspending exports of rare earth minerals.

Summary

China has now imposed export controls on a range of critical rare earth minerals and magnets, dealing a major blow to the US.

“Rare earths” are a group of 17 chemically similar elements that are crucial to the manufacture of many high-tech products. Everything you can switch on or off likely runs on rare earths.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that China accounts for about 61% of rare earth production and 92% of their processing.

A US Geological report notes that between 2020 and 2023, the US relied on China for 70% of its imports of all rare earth compounds and metals.

  • FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    272·
    3 days ago

    It was stolen from the indigenous population

    It only achieved independence because the French hated the English

    It has interfered with the autonomy of so many countries

    The US sat out of the second world war until the tail end things, because there were quite a few people who thought that Hitler was actually pretty cool (so history is repeating)

    Since then there has been a series of wars waged purely to try to show other competing powers that 'Murica punches hard

    I think it’s hilarious that you call me “tough guy”, as though I value people thinking that I’m a hard cunt or something

    That’s a yank thing.

    I don’t have to worry about my safety, because I don’t live in a country where violence is ever-present due to everyone being afraid of everyone else

    • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      Clearly I’m not going to win an argument about hating America if I do as well. But there are a lot of us here that haven’t done anything wrong and have done everything we can to stop/change things.

      And yeah, the fucking BRITISH of all people have room to be judgemental of America.

      Edit: /s

      Edit edit: also, I want to point out that the spanish, French and British did the colonizing. We took it from them. And THEN we did the horrible stuff to the people who were left.

        • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 days ago

          Well then you’re either australian, (which is cool, love you guys) or south african, and maybe can talk shit, or definitely also can’t.

            • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 days ago

              You said hard cunt and yank, I suppose you could be Canadian but they tend not to use the word cunt. And if you’re anything else then you’re definitely trying to be like someone from one of those countries. Why?

                • P00ptart@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  3 days ago

                  You didn’t answer the question. Where are you from? What have you done to prevent fascism?

                  And poor geographical knowledge? How so? In what way? I’m working off 2 words and I fully suspect you’re lying. Your rage against America isn’t necessarily misplaced, as long as it’s well founded and isn’t hypocritical. But let’s not act like America is the only country that’s done evil. And demonizing the entire population when less than half of the populace supports it only hurts the friends trying to right the ship. Shitting on all Americans like that is more likely to push more people to the right, than help our cause. Vitriol only separated people, trust me, I’ve been here for 40 years and watched as the zipper of cohesion has undone at different rates over the years.

                  I know you have rage. I do too. It’s well founded. But point that rage where it belongs, and encourage those working to save us as a global society and species. To do that, we have to cut out the cancer. But currently that cancer is in the nervous system of the world. If you cut out the nervous system to cure the cancer, we all die anyways. You understand what I’m saying? Don’t be trump, alienating allies never gets what you want. Just be cognizant of that.