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China Could Quickly Strangle American Tech With Metals Cutoff https://popularresistance.org/china-could-quickly-strangle-american-tech-with-metals-cutoff/
PopularResistance.Org · China Could Quickly Strangle American Tech With Metals Cutoff - PopularResistance.OrgThere’s no telling exactly where the Trump administration’s trade war is going as the president authorizes tariffs and then quickly suspends them, only to authorize them again and suspend them again or provide waivers for certain industries. While tariffs on narrowly defined categories of goods to guard against unfair competition may be workable, the administration’s shotgun approach to tariffs risks a cutoff of strategic minerals that could strangle America’s tech industry. As I’ve written before, the United States is dangerously dependent on other countries for a wide-ranging list of metals and, in some cases, completely dependent.