https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e9/09/13/1122816328_0:0:3072:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_07a71214b1b674dea1f90f89466a2725.jpg Rare earth metals power weapons, aerospace, electronics, renewables, cars, and medicine, so America's military-industrial heavyweights are probably “squirming” right now, Jeff J. Brown, who is also founder of Seek Truth From Facts Foundation, told Sputnik.According to Brown, it will take years for the US to develop its own rare earth sector, from mining to processing. America’s R&D on rare earth alternatives and recycling is years off, so hiking US tariffs to 100% only gives China more reason to tighten its rare earth chokehold, stressed the pundit. Tariff Threats Will Blow Up In US’ Face China-US trade is no longer the powerhouse it once was, underscored Brown, pointing out that:Through BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, ASEAN, and bilateral deals, China is ditching the US dollar in cross-border trade. Furthermore, Russia and China are developing an interbank payment system geared towards dumping the West’s SWIFT payment system, “which has been turned into a political sledgehammer," Brown says. https://sputnikglobe.com/20251011/uss-new-china-tariffs-will-boomerang-back-on-americans-heres-why-1122943859.html )© AP Photo / Susan Walsh US President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. © AP Photo / Susan Walsh Subscribe The proposed 100% US tariffs on China could trigger a potential nightmare for America’s defense and aerospace companies like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, General Dynamics, and SpaceX, according to Jeff J. Brown, author of The China Trilogy. Rare earth metals power weapons, aerospace, electronics, renewables, cars, and medicine, so America's military-industrial heavyweights are probably “squirming” right now, Jeff J. Brown, who is also founder of Seek Truth From Facts Foundation, told Sputnik. “China has found America’s Achilles heel in this respect and has got Uncle Sam in a very serious bind,” he speculated. According to Brown, it will take years for the US to develop its own rare earth sector, from mining to processing. America’s R&D on rare earth alternatives and recycling is years off, so hiking US tariffs to 100% only gives China more reason to tighten its rare earth chokehold, stressed the pundit. 🇺🇸🇨🇳 US’s new China tariffs will boomerang back on Americans: here’s why President Trump postponed a meeting with China’s Xi and threatened new 100% tariffs after Beijing tightened export controls on rare earths Here’s why the US’s tough guy approach won’t work