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A central question hanging over the summit this week is whether China will agree to extend a temporary postponement of even tougher rare-earth export controls.

From sanctions to rare earths, the economic rivalry between the US and China is intensifying.

China's near-total control of the rare earths industry has become one of its most potent geopolitical levers. Chris Kennedy, who leads economic statecraft analysis at Bloomberg Economics, says President Donald Trump is expected to prioritize retaining US…

Tokyo is succeeding where the rest of the world has failed, reducing its reliance on Beijing for crucial rare earth elements—thanks to an enormous underwater deposit discovered on a remote island.