{
  "id": 631306,
  "title": "Trump fires on multiple fronts to break China’s minerals monopoly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-fires-on-multiple-fronts-to-break-chinas-minerals-monopoly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T04:10:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Asia Times",
    "slug": "asia-times",
    "url": "https://asiatimes.com/2026/08/trump-fires-on-multiple-fronts-to-break-chinas-minerals-monopoly/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Trump administration has launched a series of measures to ensure that US defense contractors source critical minerals domestically or from allied nations, building a supply chain that officials hope would break China’s monopoly over materials such as scandium and tungsten. Since July, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order restricting the use […] The post Trump fires on…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}