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Dan McGroarty appeared on XM radio show PayneNation yesterday to discuss Rare Earths with Fox News contributor Charles Payne. Listen below.

Over the past few days, the announcement that the U.S., EU and Japan have decided to file a WTO case against China over its restrictive rare earths policies has caused quite a stir. American Resources Policy Network principal Daniel McGroarty offers his perspective in a column for Forbes.

Having previously expressed skepticism over the WTO being the appropriate forum to address the issue at RareMetalBlog, McGroarty outlines three possible outcomes of a WTO case, none of which are overly appealing. His conclusion:

Instead of suing China to force it to continue to sell us what we need – and at prices it dictates – we should focus on developing the significant domestic supply of rare earths here in America.

That would bolster the global market for these precious commodities, reducing costs from raw materials all the way across the manufacturing supply chain, and ultimately to consumers. And it would do so without embroiling us in a bitter tit-for-tat trade war with China.

To read the full piece, click here. And, for more background information, here are a few additional video resources:

Dan McGroarty discussing rare earths on the Business News Network.

McGroarty discussing rare earths on CNBC:

McGroarty discussing copper on CNBC:

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American Resources Policy Network leader appeared on CNBC’s Squawkbox yesterday to discuss rare earths and critical metals. Among other things, he said: “If you look at President Obama’s goal…of moving more quickly to…renewable energy sources…you’ve already touched on the fact that [they] require rare earths. The better way…than trying to sue China to force them (…) more

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In his latest RealClear World column, American Resources principal Daniel McGroarty takes on the latest book in the “Jason Bourne series” – the “Bourne Dominion.” No, you’re not on the wrong blog – this is not a book club. The plot of the book actually involves a group of terrorists set on destroying the only (…) more

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