Climate advocates rejoiced when Beijing signed onto the Kigali Amendment in 2021, with the promise of cutting the super pollutant in China. However, the atmosphere now tells a different story, Lili Pike and Phil McKenna write. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/chi…

A recent study found that as of 2023, global HFC-23 emissions were five times higher than countries had reported to the U.N. in recent years. And it attributes 40 percent of global emissions to eastern China. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/chi…

"In a research report, Natixis said that if U.S. tariffs stayed at their current levels of at least 30 percent, exports to the United States would fall by half, resulting in a loss of up to six million manufacturing jobs" nytimes.com/2025/05/27/bus…

SCOOP Trump orders US chip designers to stop selling to China #USChinaScoop Move will impact Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA ft.com/content/2c0db7…

Comparing the readouts. Trump highlights trade progress, rare earths, and state visits—no mention of Taiwan. PRC readout stresses US non-compliance, warns on Taiwan, and omits rare earths. US tone is more positive. Export controls are on the table for discussion.

“China’s found an economic tool that really bites, so the president has got a variety of reasons to frame this in a positive light,” Scott Kennedy told me re: today's Xi-Trump call: foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/05/tru…

"Rather than duplicating China’s model, countries endowed with critical minerals should carve out strategic niches by building regional hubs where processing is viable and cost-effective." sinicapodcast.com/p/ignoring-chi…

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"Biden officials were so concerned about the U.S. military’s lack of a domestic samarium supply that they issued large contracts for the construction of two samarium production facilities. Neither was built because of commercial concerns" nytimes.com/2025/06/09/bus…

“I think we’re in the first inning of a new game. The rare earths have really changed the goalposts here in a big way,” Paul Triolo told me re the latest US-China trade deal potentially signaling a broader reckoning over export controls in the future foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/11/us-…

"But China has not budged on specialized rare earths, including samarium, which are needed for military applications and are outside the fast-track agreed in London, the two people said." reuters.com/world/china/us…

"China moved to tighten controls over two chemicals that can be used to make fentanyl, in an apparent olive branch to the US that may help maintain their fragile trade truce." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Deep dive 🚨 Trump's 2nd term "move fast and break things" approach hasn't spared the U.S. government's bipartisan, interagency project to outcompete China. Here's an initial impact assessment 6 months in, from the NSC to human rights: foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/02/tru…