GoKawiilUS rare earth revival stalls despite $100B loan authority, authors argue
Since China imposed rare earth export controls in October 2025, Beijing has repeatedly granted only short-lived reprieves tied to US concessions, most recently extending a truce to January 2027 while still restricting sales. In June, China added MP Materials and USA Rare Earth—the two firms central to US efforts to build a non-Chinese supply chain—to an export control list, even as a suspension was in effect.
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The authors, who work in finance and national security, argue that existing US tools like loan authority and subsidies are market-based instruments poorly suited to counter a monopoly seller's ability to manipulate price and availability. They suggest rebuilding a durable rare earth supply chain requires a decade-plus commitment and new financing structures, such as a contingent convertible security, because private capital alone won't absorb the risk of a binary, state-controlled market failure.
- China has extended rare earth export suspensions only in short increments tied to US concessions, most recently through Jan. 10, 2027
- MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, key firms in the US supply chain push, were placed on China's export control list even during a truce
- Authors argue existing US financing tools, despite up to $100 billion in loan authority, are inadequate market-based responses to a monopoly-driven market failure
Source: lawfaremedia.org — Kirsten Asdal, 2026-10-14
Published there as: “America Didn't Lose Its Rare Earth Industry. It Sold It”
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