CHINA HAS WON THE GEOSTRATEGIC TECH BATTLE AS EXPERTS WARN IT MAY TAKE TEN YEARS FOR US, EU TO ACQUIRE ITS OWN RARE METALS INDUSTRY

TRUMP AND THE EPSTEIN CIRCLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE S STAGGERING MISCLACULATION HAS DE FACTO LEFT THE US, EU DEFENCELESS FOR YEARS, MAY NEVER CATCH UP WITH CHINA IN THE TECH RACE

Experts have warned that Trump s rare eath metals deal with Australia may not bring results for ten years because an entire industry has to be built up from scratch.

China s export controls are set to crush the US, EU and Israel s, Taiwans and the Ukraine s. defence industries in a historical development.

When the stock markets crash, factories close, hypersonic missiles eviscerate mar Lago, Creek Island and 100s of other high value targets belongng to the Epstein circle, the American public will bale Trump and the Epstein controlled WH for starting a disastrous trade war with China based on false, out of date information.

From media

But experts are skeptical that Monday’s deal will deliver the much-needed quick turnaround in America’s supply of critical minerals.

“I don’t think that the rare earth supply issues can be solved in the short term, period. China is too far ahead of the world,” said John Mavrogenes, an economic geology professor at the Australian National University.

There has been little concrete progress in developing a rare earths supply chain in Australia, Mavrogenes added. Challenges like high energy costs, shortage of workers with necessary skills and the potential environmental impact pose significant hurdles, he said.

“I’d say we’re a decade away (from building up the required production capacity), even if we really got serious,” he said. “We’d have to make an industry from scratch. And that takes a lot of dedication and long-term planning, and a lot of effort.”

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/21/business/us-australia-rare-earth-deal-intl-hnk

From the NYT

President Trump said on Monday that in a year’s time, “We’ll have so much critical minerals and rare earths that you won’t know what to do with them.”

But finding geological deposits of rare earths is just the start.

Obtaining permits for a new mine is often time-consuming, and then building a mine can take several years. Setting up a refinery to separate rare earths from ore also takes years. Then comes a period of gradually mastering the extremely difficult chemical processes required for separation.

In the agreement announced Monday, the U.S. and Australian governments said they would each invest $1 billion in the next six months toward creating a pipeline of critical mineral projects in both countries.

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At the same time, Australia’s economy remains incontrovertibly tethered to China, which buys a third of all its exports, mainly iron ore and coal but also agricultural products like wine and beef. Its mining sector is even more enmeshed with Beijing, which accounts for three-quarters of Australia’s iron ore exports.

Last month, Chinese state media warned Canberra over its security cooperation with the United States, saying it will not tolerate “infringements on its core interests.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/australia/rare-earths-us-partnership.html