Toward Decline
Everyone Wants in on Brazil’s Rare Earths
Why it matters
Brazil's positioning as an alternative rare-earth supplier to China reduces Australia's strategic autonomy in critical-mineral decoupling and undermines long-term resource-sovereignty leverage. Australia's inclusion in the global scramble signals competitive pressure on mineral-access strategies; loss of preferential access to non-Chinese rare-earth sources weakens Pillar 1 resilience.
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