America Must Lead the Race to Seabed Minerals

Originally published by the Washington Times

Beneath our oceans lies a wealth of untapped potential: minerals essential for national security, technology and energy independence.

China knows this. Its response? A relentless push to dominate critical mineral resources. That’s why the U.S. must assert its leadership in seabed mining or acquiesce to China’s dangerous chokehold on global supply chains.

The stakes couldn’t be higher.

Roughly 90% of the world’s rare earth minerals are processed in China, giving the Chinese Communist Party enormous leverage over industries vital to America’s future, including semiconductors and defense systems. As demand skyrockets for data centers, advanced computing capabilities and the next generation of warfighting machinery, the CCP’s dominance over these minerals becomes an increasingly potent geopolitical weapon.

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