RE: EU to stockpile Magnets5 Jul 2025 11:03
Good post on LinkedIn in response to China’s comment on Rare Earth exports to the EU.
𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐦: 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬
In one of the most condescending statements to date, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union (EU) that rare earth exports would be “assured”... but only if Europe “follows proper application procedures.”
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞.
It’s like a parent telling a teenager: “If you’re polite and clean your room, I might let you borrow the car.”
Europe is not China’s child. And critical raw materials are not a reward for good behavior.
Let’s be clear: this is not partnership, it’s leverage. And China is wielding it because we handed it to them.
𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
Europe must respond with decisive, structural action:
𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 under the Critical Raw Materials Act. Don’t just legislate it, capitalize it.
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬, just as we do with energy.
𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 for priority mining projects. France is already moving, others must follow.
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐫 in the United States, Kazakhstan, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Africa (among others).
𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐄𝐔 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 toward critical minerals infrastructure, including magnet manufacturing and recycling.
This is not just about industry. It’s about sovereignty, security, and self-respect.
We don’t need conditional access to China's minerals.
We need unconditional commitment to our own supply chains.
Europe: stop asking for permission.
Start building what should’ve been built decades ago.
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