By Larry Reaugh, CEO, American Manganese, Inc. In my previous piece published by The Economic Standard, I recommended that the U.S. introduce “Flow-Through Funding” to kick start exploration of critical and rare earth metals, for which the U.S. is presently dependent on imports, most notably […]
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TES Weekly Brief: Index capital gains to inflation to boost growth, PRO Act is a union wishlist & more
Editor’s Note Welcome to our inaugural Weekly Brief. We’re sharing some of our latest feature pieces on The Economic Standard below, along with our weekly Washington policy round-up by the legendary Andy Blom for those of you in the D.C. business. Going forward, we’ll share these updates with subscribers on Thursday morning. […]
DOL Safeguards Religious Liberty, HUD Tackles Zoning Discrimination & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While Congress tries to decide if they need to come back from vacation…oops, recess…for a special session to not do anything about gun control, President Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland. Wow! Washington at work! Still, free market conservatives […]
Hong Kong’s People Power Meets Beijing’s Paranoia Pathology
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs What is happening in Hong Kong concerns everyone who believes in a future for democracy and open societies. The autonomous region, promised fifty years of democracy free of interference by Beijing at the time of its handover from […]
From Trade War to Tech War: Will the ‘Interim U.S.-China Trade Deal’ Contain a Ticking Tech Time Bomb?
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor “There is also something fundamentally wrong with the interim deal… That arrangement boosts America’s sale of primary products, a badge of a basic economy, at the cost of ceding high-tech leadership.” That’s the closing note in […]
The Tech Wars Heat Up: U.S. Makes National Security Declarations to Spur Rare Earths Development
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor Forget the trade war – the tech war is heating up. After weeks of Chinese threats that it could cut off U.S. access to the essential technology materials known as rare earths, the Trump Administration today took a counter-action of its own. Jennifer […]
Podcast: TES GeoPolicy Editor McGroarty On China & Rare Earths
TES GeoPolicy Editor Dan McGroarty discussed China’s dominance of rare earths and its strategic implications for the U.S. economy and military on the Tim Jones Show, a podcast hosted by former Missouri speaker of the house Tim Jones. Among other things McGroarty noted the leverage this gives […]
China Is Fueling Centrifugal Forces At Its Peril
By Dr. Alexander Görlach, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs At the southern tip of the Chinese mainland lie not one but two territories in conflict with the communist leadership in Beijing: Hong Kong and Taiwan. Those who have been following the news from the region since […]
Africa Trade Pact Is Great News for U.S., Too
As the rest of the world is gripped by tariffs and trade wars, Africa has quietly taken a leadership position in free trade with the adoption of a continental free trade agreement – by 52 countries, no less – that promises to boost commerce and productivity across the world’s poorest region. It’s also good news […]
RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]