In the article “US President reportedly to launch $12 billion critical mineral stockpile; Chinese expert says reconstructing supply chain can hardly be achieved through simple or superficial measures,” Global Times details challenges to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to launch a stockpile of critical minerals. The piece features insights from experts, including GW Engineering’s John Helveston, who told the South China Morning Post that this is a short-term solution.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “John Helveston from the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at George Washington University told the South China Morning Post that a strategic reserve would do “little to combat China’s dominance on the actual supply chain.” Helveston said that the time needed to develop an alternative supply is on the order of years if not decades, the newspaper reported.”
Read the full article on Global Times.