BLUF
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.
