{"id":10149,"date":"2018-04-06T10:35:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=10149"},"modified":"2018-04-06T10:35:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:35:22","slug":"how-china-can-win-a-trade-war-in-1-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/how-china-can-win-a-trade-war-in-1-move\/","title":{"rendered":"How China can win a trade war in 1 move"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Week<\/strong>
\nby Jeff Spross
\n4\/6\/2018<\/h3>\n

Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

China will not be easily cowed in a trade dispute. Chinese President Xi Jinping is now exchanging threats of tit-for-tat tariffs<\/a> with President Trump, who announced Thursday he’s considering raising the stakes another $100 billion<\/a>. China vowed to defend itself “at any cost.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Compared to the scale of the U.S. economy, the numbers are still relatively trivial<\/a> and mostly theoretical. But if things do spiral into all-out trade war, it’s worth noting China has a nuclear option.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m referring to rare earth metals.<\/em><\/p>\n

These are elements like dysprosium, neodymium, gadolinium, and ytterbium. They aren’t actually rare, but they do play crucial roles in everything from smart phones to electric car motors, hard drives, wind turbines, military radar, smart bombs, laser guidance, and more. They’re also quite difficult to mine and process.<\/em><\/p>\n

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View the complete article including image and links at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/765276\/how-china-win-trade-war-1-move<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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