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China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies wsj.com

duxupa day ago

>“I can tell you…we talk about this daily and our companies talk about it daily,” said Dak Hardwick, vice president of international affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association, a U.S. defense and commercial aerospace trade group.

I'd like to know what they say candidly.

yyykopa day ago

China is acting exactly as it would, were it getting ready for war. Whether they actually do it or not is anyone's guess.

danudeya day ago

It's also acting exactly as it would if one of its biggest trading partners suddenly launched a trade war against them out of nowhere (again).

yyykopa day ago

Most of their actions predate Trump.

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