CNBC: Biden to order review of U.S. reliance on overseas supply chains for semiconductors, rare earths

KEY POINTS President Joe Biden will direct his administration to conduct a review of key U.S. supply chains, including those for semiconductors, high-capacity batteries and rare earth metals. The White House plans to review gaps in domestic manufacturing and supply chains that are dominated by or run through “nations that are or are likely to […]
Investor Intel: Lifton on Biden and the security of supply of rare earths

The Washington bureaucracy has injected politics into the issue of obtaining a secure supply of critical materials. The first shots were fired immediately after the inauguration of the new American president. To ensure that the monetary awards would not be seen to be supporting the policies of former President Trump, the permanent civil servants […]