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Rare earths: USA plans to stockpile.

The Trump administration apparently wants to build up stocks of deep-sea metals to counter China's dominance in battery minerals and rare earths. China produces around 90 percent of the world's refined rare earths.

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Coalition contract: Chamber of Commerce sees light and dark.

The German Chamber of Commerce in China insists on continued close economic relations with the People's Republic. It says that the focus in the coalition contract on China as a "systemic rival" does not match the reality of German companies in China.

By Leonardo Pape