EU Plans to Reduce Reliance on Chinese Rare Earths

The EU is trying to find new ways to get rare earth materials, which are important for making things like machines, because China has made it harder to buy them.

They plan to team up with other countries to get these materials and even recycle them from old products.

This is similar to how they found new sources of energy when they stopped buying from Russia.

The goal is to make sure Europe has enough of these important materials for its industries.

China has recently put more rules on who can buy rare earths.

The EU might also use a special tool to deal with countries that try to pressure them through trade.