5 h. ago The U.S. Struggles to Break Out From China’s Grip on Rare Earths

The Trump administration is trying an array of unconventional measures to shore up U.S. rare earths supplies. It remains uncertain whether the strategy will work.

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25 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why America Needs a Price Floor for Rare Earths to Break China's Monopoly

China’s thirty-year price war shows that “market forces” alone can’t build a secure supply chain. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why America Needs a Price Floor for Rare Earths to Break China’s Monopoly appeared first on Breitbart.

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32 h. ago Trump's Australia Critical Minerals Deal Is a Move to Break China’s Monopoly

President Donald Trump signed a critical minerals deal with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday, a team-up explicitly intended to break China’s near-monopoly on mining and refining the valuable resources. The post Trump’s Australia Critical Minerals Deal Is a Move to Break China’s Monopoly appeared first on Breitbart.

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49 h. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Last Tarifflation Study Gets Trump’s Tariffs Wrong Again

The St. Louis Federal Reserve released a study claiming that Trump's tariffs added roughly 0.5 percentage points to consumer inflation. There's just one problem: the study didn't actually show that. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Fed’s Last Tarifflation Study Gets Trump’s Tariffs Wrong Again appeared first on Breitbart.

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5 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Offers Bold New Plan to Break China’s Rare Earth Monopoly

The Trump administration floated a bold idea to break China's monopoly on rare earth minerals and attract long-term investment in U.S. rare earth production. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Offers Bold New Plan to Break China’s Rare Earth Monopoly appeared first on Breitbart.

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6 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Judge's Ruling Blocking Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Turns Federal Bureaucracy into a Protected Class

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from proceeding with mass layoffs of federal employees during the government shutdown, calling the move “unprecedented” and “the epitome of hasty, arbitrary, and capricious decisionmaking.” The post Breitbart Business Digest: Judge’s Ruling Blocking Trump’s Shutdown Cuts Turns Federal Bureaucracy into a Protected Class appeared first on Breitbart.

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7 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Creative Destruction vs. Chinese Destruction

Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt's Nobel Prize-winning research exposes why China’s systematic IP theft violates the core conditions required for innovation to flourish. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Creative Destruction vs. Chinese Destruction appeared first on Breitbart.

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8 d. ago Breitbart Business Digest: A Nobel Prize Vindicates Brexit and Trumpian Economics

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics is a major milestone for the economic nationalism that fueled the election of Donald Trump and popular support for Brexit. The post Breitbart Business Digest: A Nobel Prize Vindicates Brexit and Trumpian Economics appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breibart Business Digest: 25 Years of China’s Advantage and America’s Amnesia

Twenty-five years after we opened our markets to China, Beijing celebrated the anniversary by closing its own markets. The post Breibart Business Digest: 25 Years of China’s Advantage and America’s Amnesia appeared first on Breitbart.

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1 week ago Breitbart Business Digest: Six Months After Liberation Day, Every Economic Prediction About Trump's Tariffs Was Wrong

At every turn, the real-world evidence contradicts the theoretical objections to Trump's tariffs. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Six Months After Liberation Day, Every Economic Prediction About Trump’s Tariffs Was Wrong appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Liberal Gloomdogglers Hate the Trump Economy

The Democrats are once again a party of Gloomdogglers. It's hard to know how much of their pessimism about the economy is simply partisanship or genuine gloominess. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Liberal Gloomdogglers Hate the Trump Economy appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why a Cooling Labor Market Hasn’t Cooled Confidence

You would not know it from the gloom-ridden headlines of the financial media, but Americans are feeling a bit better about their personal finances than they were a year ago. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why a Cooling Labor Market Hasn’t Cooled Confidence appeared first on Breitbart.

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2 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: America's $29 Trillion Economy Doesn't Need Foreign Competition for Quality

The Free Traders Have It Backwards: America Doesn’t Need the World for Quality The next time you order a pint of hazy double IPA, you can thank the diversity, dynamism, and competitiveness of the American economy. Scott Burns of Texas The post Breitbart Business Digest: America’s $29 Trillion Economy Doesn’t Need Foreign Competition for Quality appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Wall Street and the Real Economy Yawn at Shutdowns

While the government shutdown has captured the attention of the denizens of the nation's capital, the actual financial capital and labor of the U.S. is likely to proceed as if nothing much has changed. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Wall Street and the Real Economy Yawn at Shutdowns appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Yes, Ariana Grande, We Are Better Off Under Trump

Pop singer and donut enthusiast Ariana Grande wants to know if Trump voters think their personal finances have improved under Trump's policies. Here is what the data shows. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Yes, Ariana Grande, We Are Better Off Under Trump appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: How the U.S. Gave Away Its Technology Edge to China

For decades, American companies made a straightforward calculation: They would share their technology with Chinese partners in exchange for access to the world’s largest consumer market and its low-cost labor. The post Breitbart Business Digest: How the U.S. Gave Away Its Technology Edge to China appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs Are Reducing Prices and Humiliating Economists

The prices of goods affected by tariffs fell in August, crushing the hopes of everyone at the Cato Institute. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Tariffs Are Reducing Prices and Humiliating Economists appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: The Establishment's Inflated Case for Keeping Cook

A bipartisan who’s who of the economic establishment has fired a fusillade of foolscap at the Supreme Court, insisting that President Trump must not be allowed to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook. The post Breitbart Business Digest: The Establishment’s Inflated Case for Keeping Cook appeared first on Breitbart.

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4 w. ago Breitbart Business Digest: Why Stephen Miran Thinks Interest Rates Should Be Lower

When economists talk about immigration, they usually focus on jobs, wages, or fiscal costs. Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran wants to add another dimension: interest rates. The post Breitbart Business Digest: Why Stephen Miran Thinks Interest Rates Should Be Lower appeared first on Breitbart.

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