Rare earths could be the next front in the US-China trade war. Here's what you should know

China controls most of the world's rare earth minerals. One US company is working to boost its own reserves.

Hong Kong As the trade war between the United States and China escalates, Beijing may be preparing to play a new card: its control of rare earth minerals.

Chinese state media this week issued a warning to the United States that it too has power over global supply chains. That coincided with a thinly veiled threat about rare earths, of which the country is a major exporter, from the government's top economic planning agency.Here's what you need to know about rare earths, and how they could play into the trade fight.

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