This allows America to rearm and continue murdering innocent people. America’s military was getting ready to resupply when the rare earth ban came into effect. Why even negotiate with America anymore. They were in a winning position and they just gave it up. China can go without America but America can’t go without China. And they didn’t even remove all of the tarifs just some of them. China could have gotten far more for that deal if they even wanted to make it. It just feels like a big mistake.
The problem is not getting the rare earths. Those are common af. Refining is them is the problem, and China has essentially a global monopoly on it.
So the US can get all the rare earth it wants from Australia. It does not have the capabilities to refine the rew ressources tho, thus still having to rely on China.
Sure, the US could begin to create those capabilities. That would take around a decade… Meanwhile, the window in which the US could feasibly wage war against China closes.
Thanks for your reply. So what is the point of getting rare earths from .au?
Getting them not from China and bolstering US influence in Australia. The former is a dud, for the explained reasons. The latter will suceed and keep Australia a loyal running dog.
Makes sense. Thank you.