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	Podcast:		Please Explain
	Episode:		We have them. Trump wants them. Are rare earths Australia’s secret superpower?
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:22:24
	Publish Date:		2025-10-15 18:00:00
	Description:		Remember when Donald Trump began a tariff war with ... the world? We thought that was old news. But over the weekend, the US president and Chinese President Xi Jinping made announcements that could – if they follow through with them – lead to what our international editor calls “mutually assured economic destruction”. Today, Peter Hartcher on China’s cartel-like squeeze on the supply of rare earths, the minerals every country is beholden to for its defence and technology. And whether Prime Minister Anthony Albanese might emerge as a key dealmaker in this space when he meets Trump in Washington next week. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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