Shipments of the magnets, essential for assembling everything from cars and drones to robots and missiles, have been halted at many Chinese ports while the Chinese government drafts a new regulatory system. Once in place, the new system could permanently prevent supplies from reaching certain companies, including American military contractors.
Oh, there’s a cohesive plan behind it all right, but before you give them too much credit it’s from the 1930’s. The new part of the plan seems to be to basically do the 1930’s again so they reuse the playbook
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