Almost all goals of Made in China 2025 are dependent on REEs LeadingEdgeMaterials
Essential reading for anyone interested in #rareearth element issues and trade. Article provides reminder of "Made in China 2025" policy with 10 areas of focus almost all dependent on REE/critical material. Longer term issues than trade and tarriffs.
Chinas 10 goals for 2025
Robotics
Maritime equipment and hi-tech ships
Railway Transport
New energy and energy-saving vehicles
Aviation and aerospace equipment
Biopharma and hi-tech medical devices
New materials
New generation information technology
Energy equipment
Agriculture equipment [For over 40 years, rare earths have been used as performance enhancers in Chinese agriculture.]
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3015914/us-and-china-need-go-beyond-trade-deal-share-burden-reshaping-new
To achieve all these goals Chine will need their Rare Earth for themselves. ROW must build their own Rare Earth supply chains. Ashram