Xi’s Rare Earths Bargaining Chip Is a Trade War Game Changer | Big Take

China’s dominance of rare earths has given Xi Jinping powerful leverage over Donald Trump ahead of their expected meeting next week.
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha and Bloomberg’s Daniel Ten Kate dig into how China is weaponizing rare earths and what the economic standoff means for a trade deal and the future of US-China relations.
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Xi’s Rare Earths Bargaining Chip Is a Trade War Game Changer