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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Global Economy
Global Economy
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Katherine Tai delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next U.S. Trade Representative at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers the 2020 national day address, as troops of honor guards parading, saluting for the 109th annivesary of the establishment of the country, in Taipei City, Taiwan, on 10 October 2020
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Bottles of Australian wine in a supermarket in Hangzhou, China, Nov. 27, 2020.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with US Vice President Joe Biden at the start of their meeting at the Chancellery on February 1, 2013 in in Berlin, Germany.
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Thomas J. Duesterberg
Senior Fellow
