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The European Union is pouring financial resources into Europe’s largest known rare-earth project to reduce its dependence on China for critical raw materials. But how does the same EU legal framework threaten to halt this strategic push?

Oil shaped the last century, but rare earths may shape the next. As economies electrify and AI expands, control over critical materials is becoming a new source of global power.

French President Emmanuel Macron called for more Chinese investments in France at the Davos International Summit in Switzerland.

The president’s address in Switzerland featured a range of dubious assertions, from exaggerated to false

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to ease economic pressures on households and restore US economic strength. Central to that promise was the claim that tariffs would revive manufacturing and rebalance trade in America’s favour. Once in office, the second administration quickly made trade policy – especially tariffs…

The bill would restrict exports of certain artificial intelligence chips to China, after President Trump said he would allow those.

Geopolitical tensions are keeping safe-haven demand for gold and silver on the front burner.

Trump told Davos elites that Meta’s AI infrastructure shows why the U.S. must clear the way for tech giants to generate their own power.

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