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India has significant raw-material potential- its beach-sand deposits contain rich reserves of monazite, bastnaesite, and other rare-earth minerals, but the country’s processing capacity and environmental rules have lagged. That is now changing, says Jianli Yang in the magazine which reports on events across the Asia-Pacific region.

“With strong political will and a growing technological ecosystem, India could soon emerge as the third pillar – alongside the United States and Japan – of a democratic rare-earth network,” The Diplomat analysis noted.

The Trump-Xi summit in South Korea last month has “bought breathing space” and “India now offers a path to breathe freely,” the publication said.

According to a White House fact sheet, Beijing has after a meeting of Xi and Trump

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