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Trump plans US$12b critical minerals stockpile to cut reliance on China | East Asia Tonight (Feb 3)

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US President Donald Trump says Project Vault will be used to shield US industries from supply chain disruptions. Also on East Asia Tonight: Taiwan’ President William Lai pushes for deeper trade and economic cooperation with Western allies, while the island’s main opposition Kuomintang stresses "family ties" with the mainland during its senior leaders’ landmark trip to Beijing.

00:00 Headlines
01:33 Trump’s rare earths push
12:42 Taiwan’s Lai on "friendshoring" with Washington
14:43 Taiwan’s KMT holds forum with Chinese Communist Party
17:50 China tech stock sell-off
20:06 An end to China’s delivery price wars?
27:14 Trump slashes tariffs on India to 18%
33:14 Singapore Airshow takes off
40:13 Musk merges SpaceX and xAI

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