Four Steps for the U.S. to Decouple From China
First: Purchase from domestic producers The failure of Molycorp demonstrates why markets alone can’t solve supply chain issues and why deep investments are needed to enhance the long-term sustainability of private REE ventures. During its rise, Molycorp benefitted from China’s restriction on exports to Japan in 2010, which artificially inflated prices that ultimately dropped. Combined with an aggressive debt … Read more