In an escalation over global supply chains for technology, China is blocking the export of rare earth minerals to the United States a day after the Biden Administration announced export controls on certain advanced technology to China. Gracelin Baskaran, the director of the Critical Mineral and Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, speaks with host Marco Werman about what the ripple effects of these salvos over trade mean for the United States and other global suppliers.
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