Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a rare-earth magnet factory in eastern China on Monday.
He was accompanied by Vice Premier Liu He, China’s top economic adviser, who has been leading trade negotiations with the US.
The highly publicized photo op suggests that China may be planning to weaponize the rare-earth industry to make the US back down in the ongoing trade war.
The US relies heavily on Chinese exports of rare-earth materials, which can be found in products ranging from batteries to smartphones, Teslas, and fighter jets.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trade-war-xi-jinping-rare-earth-factory-hint-cripple-us-tech-military-2019-5
Greenland anybody???
More about Rare Earthsand China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mO6hZFGnA8
Perhaps this can work: S.2093 - RE-Coop 21st Century Manufacturing Act a bill to establish a Thorium-Bearing Rare Earth Refinery Cooperative.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2093/