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        <title><![CDATA[Joe Deaux]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Joe Deaux is a writer for Bloomberg News covering corporate and economic statecraft. He reports on the intersection of economics, supply chains, politics and international relations. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Mineral Reserve Plans to Buy Rare Earths From China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Deaux]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:02:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US, EU Reach Critical Minerals Deal to Weaken China’s Grip]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee walks through the processing facility at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2019. America&apos;s only rare earths producer, MP Materials, has been shipping all its output from the Mountain Pass mine in California to China because there is currently no refining capacity available to handle its production anywhere else in the world, its biggest shareholder said last month.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[EU, US Near Critical Minerals Deal to Combat Chinese Control]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alberto Nardelli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Doubles Hormuz Guarantees to $40 Billion With New Partners]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:11:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Restructures Broad Metals Tariffs But Keeps 50% Rate]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer A Dlouhy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:25:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A worker inspects coils of steel in the storage yard at a steel plant in Ostrava, Czech Republic.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Set to Roll Out Tiered Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:17:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Offers $20 Billion Reinsurance Plan to Spur Gulf Oil Flow]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:53:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[USA Rare Earth Poised to Buy Rest of Stake in Round Top Deposit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Push for a US Sovereign Wealth Fund Transforms an Agency]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/us-lending-agency-wants-to-be-more-like-a-sovereign-wealth-fund</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 15:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Agencies Have Developed Critical Minerals Price Floor System]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 23:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A dump truck moves raw ore inside the pit at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2019. America&apos;s only rare earths producer, MP Materials, has been shipping all its output from the Mountain Pass mine in California to China because there is currently no refining capacity available to handle its production anywhere else in the world, its biggest shareholder said last month.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Aides Urged Sale of Congo Lithium Claim to a US Company]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Accounts of unusual White House meeting reflect new approach to obtaining critical minerals that observers describe as gloves-off ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Maxar satellite image showing infrastructure and operational activity at the Manono lithium mine in southeastern Congo, in June 2025.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US, Japan Zero In on Energy and Chips for $550 Billion Fund]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:20:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Aluminum Buyer Seeks $218 Million Purchase as Trump Tariffs Roil Market]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/arconic-arnc-seeks-218-million-of-aluminum-as-trump-tariffs-roil-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yvonne Yue Li]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Pitches Mineral Price Floors, Investments to Tackle China]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:37:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>US Vice President JD Vance speaks during the inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial meeting at the State Department in Washington on Feb. 4.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Unveils $12 Billion Mineral Reserve to Counter China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Skylar Woodhouse]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:45:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Bags of rare earth concentrates wait for transport at a mine in Mountain Pass, California.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ben Black Takes US Lending Agency to Wall Street With NYC Office]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loukia Gyftopoulou]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:11:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump to Launch $12 Billion Critical Mineral Stockpile to Blunt Reliance on China]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer A Dlouhy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Seeks Carte Blanche for Military Presence in Greenland]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalia Drozdiak]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:19:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Holds Off on Critical Minerals Tariffs After Probe]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Deaux]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a bill signing event with dairy farmers in the Oval Office of the White House on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump signed a series of bills including the &quot;Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act&quot; to allow the sale of whole milk in school cafeterias across the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Seeks Ways to Fund Rebuilding of Venezuela Infrastructure]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Maya Averbuch]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
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