The trade war has intensified since Washington raised tariffs on Chinese products in early May. It is now coupled with a technological war: the Trump administration has banned American companies from selling technology to Huawei, the world's second largest smartphone manufacturer, jeopardizing the supply of Chinese products.
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Since March 2018, when Donald Trump decided to increase customs duties on Chinese imports, the world has been watching in disbelief as two superpowers, China and the United States, have been in a feverish rush. Against the backdrop of global leadership; on stage and in the light, a game of arms
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The energy transition, fostered by renewable energies, should in theory enable States to be "less dependent on a limited circle of resource providers". In practice, the acceleration of the transition to a low-carbon energy system is accompanied by new vulnerabilities linked to the availability of so-called "renewable" resources.
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La France envisage de relancer son activité minière. Le but affiché : assurer notre approvisionnement en matières premières, tout particulièrement pour les métaux rares indispensables à la transition écologique et énergétique. Dans les régions où les prospections débutent, les populations locales se mobilisent. La controverse qui en résulte prend des
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La guerre des métaux rares - La face cachée de la transition énergétique et numérique, by Guillaume Pitron - Preface by Hubert Védrine Edition Les Liens qui libèrent, January 2018 - 296 Pages Energy transition, digital revolution, ecological change... Politicians, media, industrialists promise us in chorus a new world at last...
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