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Jon Emont

ARTICLES BY JON EMONT

Importers may not be able to escape a tariff but they can pay it on a smaller amount.

How US businesses are shaving billions off their tariff bills

3 min read . 01 Mar 2026

Japan’s auto industry stands to suffer the effects of Chinese rare-earth export restrictions. (AFP)

China deprives Japan of rare-earths supply, escalating dispute

3 min read . 08 Jan 2026

People visit a floral tribute outside the Bondi Pavilion following last Sunday's shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo)

Bondi Beach heroes show why everyday people run toward danger

5 min read . 19 Dec 2025

Chinese factories produced more than ever this year, despite U.S. tariffs. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News

China’s manufacturing is booming despite Trump’s tariffs

5 min read . 09 Dec 2025

China set up a new export-licensing regime earlier this year, choking off the supply of rare earths. Tingshu Wang/Reuters

Chinese rare-earth dealers find ways to dodge Beijing’s export restrictions

4 min read . 02 Dec 2025

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. (AP Photo) (AP)

The failed crusade to keep a rare-earths mine out of China’s hands

6 min read . 23 Nov 2025

China has been building its dominance in rare-earth minerals since the 1990s. Doug Kanter/Bloomberg News

China hatches plan to keep US military from getting its rare-earth magnets

2 min read . 11 Nov 2025

US President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

US-China truce brings little peace for businesses caught in superpower standoff

5 min read . 30 Oct 2025

The Mountain Pass rare-earths mine, owned by MP Materials, America’s flagship rare-earth miner.

America’s hottest new investment: Rare-earth companies

4 min read . 27 Oct 2025

A laborer works at the site of a rare-earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo (REUTERS)

Four things to know about Beijing’s rare-earths bombshell

3 min read . 11 Oct 2025

Chinese negotiators have suggested that China would buy more U.S. soybeans as part of talks aimed at ending the trade war, (Getty Images via AFP)

The American farmers China is using as a trade-war bargaining chip

5 min read . 12 Sept 2025

On Wednesday, Trump said he would raise tariffs on India to 50%, as Washington and New Delhi scuffled over India’s continued imports of Russian oil. (Getty Images via AFP)

Why poor nations got hit with higher tariffs than rich ones

5 min read . 09 Aug 2025

Some companies now warn of looming production cuts if more minerals aren’t forthcoming. (Reuters)

China is choking supply of critical minerals to Western defence companies

7 min read . 04 Aug 2025

China has used its chokehold over 90% of the world’s rare-earth magnets to cut off access to Western companies.

America’s biggest rare-earth producer makes a play to end China’s dominance

10 min read . 15 Jul 2025

The rush to produce in Vietnam and other lower-tariff countries, far from wiping China off the map, keeps Chinese companies at the centre of the export trade. (Pexel)

Your next lawn chair is coming from Vietnam, but it’s still kind of Chinese

5 min read . 14 Jul 2025

Vietnam was one of the main beneficiaries of the reordering of global supply chains. Photo: Linh Pham/Bloomberg News

Vietnam trade deal takes aim at back door for Chinese goods

4 min read . 03 Jul 2025

A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province. China makes 90% of the world’s most powerful rare-earth magnets, a key component in everything from cars to jet fighters. (File Photo: Reuters)

China is still choking exports of rare earths despite pact with US

5 min read . 26 Jun 2025

A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China. (REUTERS)

China to block its rare-earth experts from spilling their secrets

2 min read . 25 Jun 2025

The Air India aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff.

Air India was struggling long before 787 crash

3 min read . 13 Jun 2025

China’s economic growth has allowed it to build a military that rivals the U.S. (AP)

America let its military-industrial might wither. China’s is booming.

3 min read . 30 May 2025