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Chinese Customs Data Reveal Deeper US Dependence on Chinese Rare Earths
One of the central objectives of the second Trump administration has been to pursue a maximalist trade policy toward China.
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Jessica Uhl on the Fractured Energy Transition: Why Speed Matters Now
The clean energy transition had real momentum at the end of 2024. It was buoyed by federal support, billions of dollars of investment in new technologies, and broad...
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Diversification and De-risking in New Energy Supply Chains: Latin America’s Positioning in Critical Minerals Geopolitics
In this podcast Anders Hove talks to Tom Moerenhout and Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado about how Latin American countries are navigating the geopolitics of clean energy supply chains. Moerenhout and Vieira do Prado, scholars at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP), discuss the challenges Latin American countries face in moving upstream from […]
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The World’s Mineral Powers Seize Their Moment
Resource-rich countries haven’t always benefited from extraction. Can this time be different?
The World’s Mineral Powers Seize Their Moment
Resource-rich countries haven’t always benefited from extraction. Can this time be different?
China’s Rare-Earth Card Looms Over Trump-Xi Summit
For all of the U.S. leader’s efforts, Washington remains deeply vulnerable.
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Chinese Customs Data Reveal Deeper US Dependence on Chinese Rare Earths
One of the central objectives of the second Trump administration has been to pursue a maximalist trade policy toward China.
Project Vault: Big Ambitions for Critical Minerals Stockpiling Face Tensions in Execution
The US Export-Import Bank is preparing to close the first funding tranche of Project Vault, a public-private partnership establishing the US Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve.
