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China’s Threat to Hold Rare Earth Minerals Hostage Is Our Opportunity

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China’s Threat to Hold Rare Earth Minerals Hostage Is Our Opportunity
A man driving a front loader shifts soil containing rare earth minerals to be loaded at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu province, on Sept. 5, 2010. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Andy Puzder
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China’s recent “threat” to restrict sales of rare earth minerals to the United States is actually a tremendous opportunity for America.

Andy Puzder
Andy Puzder
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Andrew F. Puzder was chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants for more than 16 years (2000—2017), following a career as an attorney. He received his B.A. from Cleveland State University and his J.D. from the Washington University School of Law. He serves as chairman of the board at 2ndVote Advisers, an investment firm formed in response to the stakeholder capitalism and ESG movements, and is a fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, the Heritage Foundation, and the America First Policy Institute. He was an economic adviser for former President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and was nominated by President Trump to serve as U.S. labor secretary. In 2011, Puzder co-authored “Job Creation: How It Really Works and Why Government Doesn’t Understand It.” His latest book is “The Capitalist Comeback: The Trump Boom and the Left’s Plot to Stop It” (2018).
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