Andrew Korybko’s Newsletter December 10, 2025 Unlocking this mutually profitable opportunity requires the US to first successfully manage the Turkish-Russian tensions in Central Asia that it’s responsible for exacerbating through TRIPP. The US’ management of Turkish-Russian tensions in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, which was proposed here as part of a larger NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact, could lead […]
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Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul flew to China to negotiate rare earth materials, the Chinese government refused to meet with him – Reuters
Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul flew to China to negotiate rare earth materials, the Chinese government refused to meet with him – Reuters Back in October, when China frozed rare earth exports – the metals that power EVs, wind turbines, electronics, everything, German automakers immediately warned of production shutdowns. Wadephul tried to fly to Beijing. […]
German companies are handing over secrets to China in exchange for rare earth metal supplies.
October 26, 2025 The European Union, which has meekly followed in the wake of the US-China trade war, which has intensified exponentially under Trump, is receiving retaliatory measures in spades. Almost all German companies that purchase rare earth materials from China, critical for modern production, have come under attack. Since April of this year, Beijing […]
US, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens supply
Aljazeera By Reuters Published On 20 Oct 202520 Oct 2025 United States President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals as China tightens control over global supply. The two leaders signed the deal on Monday at the White House. Trump said the agreement had been negotiated over four […]
Donald Trump as Our Mad Emperor of the Bubble
Ron Unz • October 13, 2025 These days the Wall Street Journal probably ranks as America’s most influential and credible print outlet, so Friday morning’s front-page story describing a sudden new escalation in our episodic trade war with China caught my attention. As emphasized in the first several paragraphs, the Chinese had suddenly imposed an unprecedented new wave of licensing requirements […]
China is killing Boeing as a major Pentagon contractor
Inside China / Business Kevin Walmsley May 2, 2025 The Pentagon and Congress are concerned that Boeing’s safety, legal, and financial troubles leave the Defense Department vulnerable in event of the company’s bankruptcy. But while Boeing’s poor management and engineering problems are grave in the short term, it is China’s decisions to cut off Boeing […]
China Announces a Ban on Rare Minerals to the U.S.
Story by David Pierson, Keith Bradsher and Ana Swanson HONG KONG — China said on Tuesday that it would begin banning the export of several rare minerals to the United States, an escalation of the tech war between the world’s two biggest powers. The move comes a day after the Biden administration tightened Chinese access […]
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