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Industrial Policy
News & analysis tagged Industrial Policy — diplomacy, politics, and global affairs coverage from Model Diplomat.
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Tamil Nadu's Drone Corridor with Taiwan
Tamil Nadu's drone corridor with Taiwan forces deep industrial integration, making the arrangement blockade-proof and strategically viable.
2026-07-22
Pentagon's Supply-Chain Ultimatum for Defense
Trump's July 20 executive order compels defense contractors to map critical mineral supply chains and qualify domestic sources by January 1, 2027, when a ban on Chinese-origin magnets takes effect.
2026-07-22
SK Hynix, CXMT IPOs Fueled by Chip Shortage
SK Hynix's $26.5B Nasdaq debut and CXMT's $10B Shanghai IPO are both fueled by the same force: a memory-chip shortage so severe it has created pricing power for every producer with a fab.
2026-07-21
G7 Turns Latin American Lithium Into a Geop
The G7's binding 60% rare-earth diversification target by 2030 transforms Latin America's lithium and copper into strategic assets in a contest between China's unconditional capital and the West's conditional market access.
2026-07-21
Critical Mineral Supply Chains More Concentr
Despite $200B in commitments, critical mineral supply chains are more concentrated than in 2020, with China's processing dominance locked in by low prices.
2026-07-21
China's Rare Earth Strategy Shifts to Co-Opt
China's rare earth strategy shifts from export bans to 'strategic co-option' in Malaysia and Indonesia, embedding technology and state-owned firms inside foreign processing hubs to control supply chains even as rivals build them.
2026-07-19
India's Critical Minerals Midstream Gap
China's rare earth export squeeze exposed India's missing midstream: it mines ore but can't separate it. Policy has built everything except the one thing that matters.
2026-07-18
Japan's $2.3 Trillion Bond Market Stress Test
Japan's 10-year bond yield hit 2.87% as PM Takaichi's $2.3 trillion spending plan breaks the decades-old yen-JGB inverse, threatening global markets through $1.2 trillion in Japanese-held US Treasuries.
2026-07-17
Japan's $2.3 Trillion Bond Market Revolt
Japan's $2.3 trillion spending plan sparks bond market revolt, threatening global funding costs and the yen carry trade.
2026-07-17
India's Critical Mineral Pledge vs China's G
India's critical mineral self-sufficiency target by 2035 is an industry wager that policy and auctions can overcome China's processing monopoly, but execution gaps threaten the forecast.
2026-07-17
China's Tariff Wall Became a Factory Door
Western tariffs on Chinese EVs have not blocked them — they have rerouted them, with Chinese firms building factories inside the EU and the Global South pivoting to Chinese EVs amid an oil shock.
2026-07-17
China's EV Battery Tech Lock-In
Western tariff walls force Chinese EV makers to localize production, but Beijing's LFP export controls ensure the highest-value battery technology never leaves home, creating a two-tier global battery order.
2026-07-17
Alaska's $15M bet against China's mineral str
NSF awards UAF $15M to lead a Critical Mineral Accelerator targeting gallium and germanium, as the U.S. races to break China's near-monopoly on critical minerals.
2026-07-16
Canada's Critical Minerals Bet in the AI Arms
Canada bets C$4B on building rare earth midstream refining to break China's 90% chokehold, with success dependent on mastering process chemistry before 2026 trade-truce expiry.
2026-07-10
Brownfield Mining Wins the Critical Minerals
Brownfield mining — expanding existing operations — is outpacing greenfield projects in the critical minerals race, reshaping US-China-Europe competition over supply security.
2026-07-10
US Push to Break China's Magnet Monopoly
The US aims to disrupt China's dominance in rare earth magnets with $4.3B investment.
2026-07-09
G7's 60% Rule on Rare Earths Explained
The G7's 60% rule targets China's rare earth dominance, reshaping Western policy.
2026-07-08
Meituan's 1.6T AI Model on Chinese Chips
Meituan's LongCat-2.0 proves US export controls have backfired, boosting Chinese AI.
2026-07-07