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> China Rare-Earth Coercion Triggers Western Resource Sovereignty Sprint

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Beijing's targeted rare-earth squeeze on Japan is forcing accelerated Western processing capacity investment, deepening the secular trade fragmentation already underway and reinforcing China's autarky framing.

// Cascade Logic

China weaponizes rare-earth dependency on Japan → allies front-load processing capacity capex → industrial policy counterstrike compounds battery decoupling → trade fragmentation entrenches.