Chinese economy

Further research

published: 15.10.2025

Escalating US-China rare earth tensions signal determination to decouple

Bruegel Senior Fellow Alicia Garcia-Herrero discusses how in the future may include parallel refining and supply systems for rare earths and associated technologies, as the US and China drift further apart.

 

About the speakers

Alicia Garcia Herrero

Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute, Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Economist specialized in monetary and financial issues in emerging markets, banking crises and resolution strategies, financial development