China’s trump card against US


THE nation is counting on one crucial advantage as it seeks to grind out a deal to ease its high-stakes trade war with the United States – domi­nance in rare earths.

Used in electric vehicles, hard drives, wind turbines and missiles, rare earth elements are essential to the modern economy and national defence.

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