REE Market Prices Surge in 2025: What’s Driving It & Will It Persist into 2026?
After nearly two years of price declines, rare earth elements (REEs) are back in the spotlight. By mid-2025, benchmark prices for neodymium (Nd), dysprosium (Dy), and terbium (Tb)—key components in electric motors, wind turbines, and advanced electronics—had risen between 18% and 30% year-over-year. Rare earth element (REE) prices are rebounding in 2025 after two years […]
2025 Trade Forecast: Will Protectionism Drive a Global Slowdown?
As we navigate through 2025, one economic question looms large: will rising protectionism trigger a global trade slowdown? From the U.S. and China to the EU, Brazil, and India, countries are turning increasingly inward. Protectionist rhetoric, tariff hikes, and industrial policies aimed at self-sufficiency are dominating political discourse. In this blog, we analyze the latest […]
US China Trade Talks in London: Reviving Geneva Truce, Rare‑Earth Stakes & Global Supply‑Chain Stability
In early June 2025, London hosted a critical second round of US China trade negotiations, held over June 9–10 at Lancaster House. This high-stakes summit aimed to rekindle the Geneva truce, address sweeping tariffs, and untangle rare-earth export restrictions—which had grown from trade tools into strategic chokeholds threatening global supply chains. Over 20 hours of talks, […]