Abigail Hunter, executive director of SAFE’s Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, applauded the administration for seeing China’s recent export restrictions as an “escalation,” but said the U.S. needs to work in concert with allies abroad.
“Unilateral action through more strategic investments, trade tools, etc., is absolutely needed,” said Hunter. “But the United States can’t risk being an island; to confront the structural levers that allow adversaries to exert control over all of our economies, parallel action from partner countries is essential.”
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