Rare Earths Ruckus: Can US + EU Break China’s 90% Control?

Rare earths went from a niche topic to a global flashpoint in 2025. China controls nearly the entire supply chain, the US is racing to rebuild its own, and the EU is taking a slower consensus-driven path. With tariffs, export bans, and strategic alliances reshaping the map, the minerals that power defense, autos, tech, and manufacturing are becoming the center of a geopolitical struggle.

🎯 DISCOVER

• Why China’s dominance over rare earth mining and processing is a strategic threat.
• How China’s September export restrictions triggered US and EU retaliation.
• Why the US is pursuing aggressive bilateral deals and direct government investments.
• How the EU is taking a slower, consensus-based sustainability approach.
• What Australia, Japan, Greenland and Southeast Asia represent in the minerals race.
• Why rare earth access is now core to national security heading into 2026.

🔍 TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro — Why Rare Earths Matter

00:20 China’s Dominance & 2025 Escalation

01:20 Export Bans, Downstream Restrictions & Global Fallout

02:27 US and EU Reactions Diverge

03:24 US Investments — MP Materials, ReElement, Vulcan, Lithium Americas

04:45 Industrial Policy Expansion — Westinghouse, Intel, US Steel

05:42 EU Strategy — Slow, Sustainable, Consensus Driven

06:10 Global Alliances — Australia, Southeast Asia, Japan

07:46 Greenland — Strategic Minerals & Diplomatic Tension

08:38 US Speed vs EU Deliberation

09:09 Shared Challenge — Reducing Dependence on China

09:32 Closing

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📚 SOURCES & DATA

• China Tightens Rare Earth Export Controls 2025: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-tightens-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-10-09/
• Rare Earth Supply Crisis Explained: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/11/rare-earth-antimony-critical-mineral-supply/
• China’s Rare Earth Export Controls Threaten US Defense: https://www.csis.org/analysis/chinas-new-rare-earth-and-magnet-restrictions-threaten-us-defense-supply-chains
• EU Critical Minerals Stockpile Strategy 2025: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-stockpile-critical-minerals-amid-supply-chain-threats/
• China-Germany Pact to Ease Rare Earth Supply Strains: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/11/24/china-courts-germany-to-ease-rare-earth-strains-and-boost-strategic-ties/
• US Needs Rare Earth Refining Power, Not Just Supply: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/econographics/on-critical-minerals-the-us-needs-more-than-just-supply-it-needs-refining-power/

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