Washington Moves to Weaken China’s Rare-Earth Leverage

Milton EzratiAuthor Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.” Author’s Selected ArticlesIt Looks Like 2 Years at a Minimum Before Things Can Turn Around for China’s Property SectorNov 06, 2025China’s New Five-Year Plan Falls Far Short of the Economy’s NeedsNov 02, 2025Chinese Bank Mergers: Another Sign of Economic and Financial FragilityOct 30, 2025China–Russia–Iran–North Korea Ties: Weaker and Less Economically Significant Than They SeemOct 25, 2025

Milton EzratiAuthor

Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is “Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live.”

Author’s Selected ArticlesIt Looks Like 2 Years at a Minimum Before Things Can Turn Around for China’s Property SectorNov 06, 2025China’s New Five-Year Plan Falls Far Short of the Economy’s NeedsNov 02, 2025Chinese Bank Mergers: Another Sign of Economic and Financial FragilityOct 30, 2025China–Russia–Iran–North Korea Ties: Weaker and Less Economically Significant Than They SeemOct 25, 2025