General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

• WTO Suit Won't End Rare Earth Monopoly: Jeffery Green

  By Zig Lambo  |  May 10, 2012

  Washington misses the point about rare earth element supply, says the founder of J.A. Green & Co. while explaining the fragmented policy developments in pending WTO action and arguing that the US needs to develop a domestic supply chain in order to remain competitive

• The WTO Rare Earths Trade Dispute: An Analysis

  By Gareth Hatch  |  March 29, 2012

  It can be seen then that China will have to do a better job of demonstrating the validity of its export restrictions on rare earths, than it did for bauxite, fluorspar and the other minerals and materials referenced in the recent dispute.

• US Launching China Green Tech, Rare Earths Probe

  By Philip Burgert  |  October 15, 2010

  An industrial labor union's petition for an US investigation of China's policies and practices involving green energy technology and access to rare earths was accepted Friday by the Obama administration.