Can US Catch Up With China's Rare Earths Dominance?

Would you say, Harvey, that the trade spat essentially is about critical minerals and it really is about supply chain warfare. Actually, there are two elements to this. And you are exactly right, because this is an issue that has been going on for probably 20 years.The Chinese, to their credit, have used a long term strategy. And many 15, 40 years ago, they dropped the price of rare earths substantially and made it easy for Western countries to get their supply and to be able to simply order and have it del ...