Batteries Are the Battlefield

26 Jan 2023 | Abstracted from Foreign Policy

"To power the energy transition in the coming decades, these battery inputs will become even more pivotal...The bulk of these raw materials can be found in a handful of mineral-rich nations.

"The result has rattled policymakers in Washington, where heightened tensions with China have fueled concerns that Beijing could leverage its influence for geopolitical ends..."

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