US House Report Accuses China of Manipulating Mineral Markets

Imagine there's a special club that controls the prices of important things like rare metals that we need for our phones and cars.

A group in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote a report saying that China has been unfairly changing the prices of these metals for a long time.

They did this to help their own factories make more stuff and to have more power in the world.

The report says it's hard to know the real price of these metals because of China's actions.

The U.S. committee wants to create new rules, like setting price limits, to stop this from happening and to protect American jobs and safety.

They believe China is using its control over these minerals like a weapon.

China has said in the past that the U.S. is exaggerating and causing worry.