Toward Decline
Why the U.S. Is Unlikely to Reduce China’s Dominance in Critical Minerals - Thailand Business News
Why it matters
China's entrenched dominance in critical minerals processing and supply chains directly constrains Australia's ability to decouple from Chinese economic leverage—a core pillar of strategic preparedness. The article signals that allied (US) efforts to break this dominance are failing, which reduces the external support for Australian resource sovereignty and accelerates timeline pressure on Australia's own critical-mineral security initiatives.
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