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Was China's rare earth export ban a retaliation against Trump's tariffs or a strategic timing to enact the ban? (lemmygrad.ml)
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If Trump's tariffs hadn't happened, would China have found other ways to implement the ban?

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Why not both?

[–] Flutterpuff@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

My bad on the wording.

To clarify: was China’s rare earth ban a pre-planned contingency for any future Western aggression. or a specific tactic designed only for Trump’s tariffs.

I'm just curious because a user on the bear site said, 'the CPC was pressured against the wall and forced to use the rare earth ban for leverage.'

[–] Jonathan12345@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

the CPC was pressured against the wall and forced to use the rare earth ban for leverage.

That's a... pretty interesting claim, since at this stage China and the US are basically on equal footing, and we've already seen that China has done ample preparing for a potential trade war, with them basically being unaffected. If any side is the desperate one, it's the US.