The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains
July 16, 2026
China’s rare earth controls are becoming a case for how economic power works in a more fragmented world. Beijing has learned how to turn concentrated industrial capacity into diplomatic leverage, while keeping its measures framed as lawful export controls, national security protection, and dual-use regulation. The result is a new form of “geoeconomic pressure”, which … More The Cheap Supplier is Not the Safe One: How China’s Rare Earth Controls would Reorder Global Supply Chains
