Trump warns China against restricting rare earth magnet exports and points to Boeing airplanes as leverage in negotiations. Read more.

China dominates rare-earth magnet production, which is used in everything from cars and dishwashers to fighter jets, controlling around 90% of the global supply.

However, Trump has so far refrained from penalising China despite repeated warnings, even as he imposed 25 per cent tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases, leaving Beijing untouched although it remains the largest buyer. When Swarajya was launched in 2014, the media landscape in the country was starkly different from what we see today.