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Beijing Weaponized Rare Earths—How the West Is Responding

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At this year’s G7 summit, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held up a symbol of the West’s bid to gain supply chain independence from China: a rare earth magnet.

“It was manufactured in Estonia, by a Canadian company using raw materials sourced from Australia and supported by the EU’s Just Transition Fund,” the European Union chief told the other heads of state, including President Donald Trump, on June 15.

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