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China already has other customers and a big and growing internal market. Of course, USA is one of the bigger customers but not the only. On the other hand, USA
by AstralStorm 7y ago
China already has other customers and a big and growing internal market. Of course, USA is one of the bigger customers but not the only.
On the other hand, USA cannot import enough copper, aluminium and iron... (It's mined in China and Chinese controlled territories...) And create and staff factories out of thin air.
- mymythisisthis 7y agoI'm sure those minerals are mined elsewhere.
- AstralStorm 7y agoIn copper, top 3 are: Chile, (one fifth) China, Peru (similar to China). In iron: Australia, Brazil (half of former), China (similar to Brazil). In aluminium: China, Russia (similar to China), Canada (tenth of former). So except for aluminium, this would be very problematic but not insurmountable. I bet Russians won't sell their aluminium to US without many strings attached.
- JPKab 7y agoAustralia and Guinea both have more bauxite than China, it's just that China currently refines more bauxite into aluminium than the former. Iron is incredibly abundant in the USA, and regarding copper, see here: https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-copper-has-been-found-world?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-much-copper-has-been-found-wor... "Of the identified copper that has yet to be taken out of the ground, about 65% is found in just five countries on Earth -- Chile, Australia, Peru, Mexico, and the United States. "