China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten US Defense Supply Chains

Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by tock on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:01AM (#45555385)

This is bad. This whole debacle has only proven two things: you can't trust China. And you can't trust the USA. Globalisation is slowly going to reverse :(

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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by blackoil on Sunday October 12, 2025 @01:17AM (#45555456)

More like monopolies are bad, be at company, country or currency level.

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Re:China's New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U... by AngryData on Sunday October 12, 2025 @11:35AM (#45558971)

I mean you should definitely be careful with China, but I don't see how this example is evidence that we shouldn't trust China as it is mainly a response to heavy US tariffs and pulling back from established trade deals. The US seems like the far better "You can't trust them" candidate in this situation.

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