From The New York Times,
this is The Daily.
I'm Natalie Ketrolaff.
In the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China,
the biggest sticking point is a handful of metals that are extremely rare,
essential to the U.S., and almost entirely under the control of China.
The problem is China has now cut off America's access to those metals,
threatening U.S. industry and its military.
Today,
my colleague Keith Bradshaw explains how the U.S. became so dependent on China for these metals in the first place
and just how hard it'll be to live without them.
It's Tuesday, June 10th.
Keith?
It is lovely to see you again.
It's great to be back.
Thank you.
So it's Monday evening.
Delegations for the U.S. and China met in London today to try to hash out a deal to de-escalate this trade war.
There's going to be another set of meetings on Tuesday.
And at the heart of these negotiations, we know, are these rare earth metals.