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The US is more than 50 percent import-reliant on forty designated critical minerals. Setting price floors through tariffs can directly counter Chinese market manipulation and boost producer confidence without reducing incentives to become increasingly cost-competitive.

Learning Outcomes 

  • Understand that China dominates many mineral supply chains, from extraction to processing, to finished products.
  • Strategic awareness of the importance of critical minerals in technology, and the West’s reliance on those minerals for both military and non-military use. 
READ: Tariffs can help secure US critical mineral supply chains—if they’re done right

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