Could China Bottlenecks For Rare Earths Benefit Malaysia?
Gloria Lin, Research Officer, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
17-Apr-25 08:45
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Two days after the announcement of US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, Beijing ordered a ban of seven rare earth elements unless companies have a special license to do so. Since these rare earth elements and products are crucial for multiple manufacturing industries, can Malaysia seize this opportunity and move up the rare earth value chain? We discuss this with Gloria Lin, Research Officer with the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Produced by: Jake Lim
Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam
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Categories: markets, environment, technology, economy, international, government, politics
Tags: rare earth elements, china, rare earth mining, donald trump, tariffs,