Rubio told the media on December 12: "The United States plans to sign a declaration on Friday to officially launch this partner alliance, cooperating with Singapore, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Israel to address the shortcomings in obtaining critical minerals. We welcome other countries to join this alliance, which will help break China's near-monopoly in rare earths and the current situation where China dominates the global rare earth supply chain!"
[Sarcastic] The Rare Earth Alliance Farce - America's Anti-China Puzzle Can't Break Industrial Laws! Rubio's high-profile announcement of the key mineral alliance is essentially an anti-China tool that America is pulling together with its allies, hoping to break China's dominance in the rare earth supply chain. However, the monopoly in the rare earth industry cannot be broken in the short term - China holds the advantage of the entire chain from mining, separation, and processing, and the industrial capacity and technical barriers have already been formed. Countries like the US, Japan, and South Korea lack a complete industrial chain and have conflicting interests. This so-called alliance is just a temporary coalition with each having their own agenda. Such political manipulation-based cooperation is destined to face the difficulties of high costs and weak coordination. America's attempt to rewrite the industrial landscape with a single declaration is pure fantasy, and it will eventually hit a wall in reality, becoming a laughingstock in geopolitical games!
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