After months of watching and waiting—while the media breathlessly reported every micro-move in the US-China trade saga—we’re finally chiming in, because there’s actually something substantial. In London, the world’s two biggest economies just agreed “in principle” to roll back mutual export controls and resume the flow of rare earth minerals.
If leaders approve this deal, tensions could ease in tech, defence, and other industries. We shouldn’t pop the champagne just yet: this truce is fragile, the stakes are high, and neither side is willing to compromise. In the end, as history has repeatedly taught us, the only thing rarer than these earth minerals is long-lasting trust.
