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 […]
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McGroarty on “60 Minutes”: Warns of China’s Stranglehold on Rare Earths (Again)
The U.S. had plenty of warning about China’s dominant position in the production of rare earths, elements key to the manufacturing of smartphones, and a wide range of defense technologies – not that anyone paid attention. This week TES GeoPolicy Editor Dan McGroarty was featured for the second time on “60 Minutes,” explaining […]
America Must (Re)Take Its Place In Space
By Mona Salama, TES Contributor The Trump Administration has moved one step closer to realizing its goal of space exploration. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved the creation of Space Force, the military’s sixth branch and an opportunity to establish America’s influence in an increasingly important domain. Indeed, […]
North America trade harmony would bolster U.S. in China trade war
TES GeoPolicy Editor Daniel McGroarty, a former White House staffer and congressional expert on resource and defense issues, argues in The Hill that a return to harmony in North American trade pacts would strengthen Donald Trump’s hand in ongoing U.S.-China trade talks. It also puts the U.S. in a better position to handle […]
EU jeopardizing innovation with IP threats
Philip Stevens, Executive Director, Geneva Network. The European Parliament in April voted through a proposal that will allow generic companies to manufacture and export outside the EU copies of medicines that are still essentially patent protected in Europe. This vote around what’s known as the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Export Waiver may […]
Are we already losing the wars of tomorrow?
By Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor A depressing thought, given the nagging worry that we may well be losing the wars of today, from the Middle East and the never-ending War on Terror to the turmoil in Venezuela. From Hobbes to Weber, we’ve been taught that the State retains the […]
A Test of Metal: Are We Ready for the “Electrification of Everything?”
By Anthony Huston, President & CEO, Graphite One For most people, you say graphite, and they think of No. 2 pencils. But the reality is, you say graphite to a materials scientist, and they think of laptops and LEDs, smartphone and solar cells, Electric Vehicle batteries, drones and satellites, energy storage devices […]