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alojapan.com/1327948/eus-von-d EU’s von der Leyen eyes rare-earth mining with Japan #Der #EU's #Eyes #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Leyen #mining #news #RareEarth #von BRUSSELS — The European Union seeks to form a “competitiveness alliance” with Japan that involves working together to mine rare-earth elements, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Nikkei recently. Von der Leyen visits Japan for two days starting Tuesday. Japanese Prime Ministe

What I find really interesting is how we judge people from different cultures who basically do the same thing. Think about Greenlandic narwhal hunters, they're generally considered quite differently to Faroese pilot whale hunters, or indeed, this old boy who was sailing south to hunt humpbacks, sperm and blue whales in the 1950s +60s...

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Ruth_Mottram - Simultaneously fascinating and horrifying: memories from the last of the Scottish whalers in this episode of #RareEarth about the whale hunts of the Antarctic that led to near extinction.

Rare Earth: A Whale's Life

Episode webpage: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f013

FediScience.orgRuth Mottram (@Ruth_Mottram@fediscience.org)Simultaneously fascinating and horrifying: memories from the last of the Scottish whalers in this episode of #RareEarth about the whale hunts of the Antarctic that led to near extinction. Rare Earth: A Whale's Life Episode webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f013

Why #China will win. - “…The PRC's rare earths export control regime is brilliant. It can be wielded against any country that cooperates with the U.S. against China—on tariffs, export controls, or anything else - or enacts policies the PRC does not like. The U.S. and its allies sleepwalked into this huge vulnerability while the PRC repeatedly signaled over many years that they were building up massive leverage.” —Bill Bishop, Sinocism newsletter #Asia #RareEarth #TrumpTariffs #EU #TradeWar

After US-China talks in London: tight lips, concern and a tactical turning point?

With global economic ramifications on the line, those with a vested interest in supply chains and geopolitical stability…
#London #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #AIchips #ArthurKroeber #August #Beijing #Britain #BureauofIndustryandSecurity #CaixinSummerSummit #China #Chinese #DonaldTrump #GreatBritain #london #rareearth #Reuters #us #Washington
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The renewed #US - #China #trade truce…left a key area of #export restrictions tied to #NationalSecurity untouched, an unresolved conflict that threatens a more comprehensive deal….

Beijing has not…granted export clearance for some specialized #RareEarth #magnets that #USmilitary suppliers need for fighter #jets & #missile systems…. The US maintains export curbs on China's purchases of advanced #AI #chips out of concern that they also have #military applications.

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alojapan.com/1297979/china-rar China rare-earth controls loom over Japan, US car production #car #China #Controls #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #Loom #news #Production #RareEarth #us TOKYO — China’s restricted exports on rare-earth metals are beginning to be felt in auto assembly plants that have halted operations because of parts shortages. Suzuki Motor last month suspended production of Swift compact cars made at a Japanese plant. A shortage of rare earths delayed suppl…