When President Donald Trump met China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in May, an economic chokepoint hovered over their negotiations: critical minerals . The global economy was already roiled by the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has blocked nearly 20% of the world’s energy supply. And after the meeting, the White House published a fact sheet heralding a new “ constructive relationship of strategic stability ” between the world’s two largest economies, signalling a new détente.

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