“but they put no restrictions on, say, cobalt-samarium magnets. Only on cobalt and samarium. Need to build a wind turbine or hybrid car motor? You need Co-Sm magnets.”
HA,, the joke is on them! How quaint, protectibg their local economy, looks like they’ve never heard of free trade! Watch what happens to them as their factory corners the market,,,
Seriously, they know we won’t mine in any serious way. Barky just closed HUGE areas of the NM and AZ to uranium mining. And ever notice, if we protect our industry or markets, the free traders scream. But if our free trade partners do it to us, they are silent. One way free trade isn’t free trade. It’s a bad marriage,,,
Good point.