{"id":2090,"date":"2023-08-09T15:59:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2023-08-11T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T10:45:54","slug":"our-minerals-are-ripe-for-the-plucking-by-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/2023\/08\/09\/our-minerals-are-ripe-for-the-plucking-by-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Our minerals are ripe for the plucking by the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two big risks to Australia here are, firstly, jeopardising whatever is left of our mining sector\u2019s historic relationships of trust with our major mining market in China. Any Australian mining company currently selling to China could have its relationships and operations there crippled if it went into business with US mining companies on this basis. It is pure mercantilism, to put it bluntly \u2013 aimed at cutting out Chinese competition in a fair marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secondly, the proposals set out in the ASPI paper for US-majority-owned mining companies to dictate and determine development of industry processing of critical minerals in Australia contradict Australian aspirations for economic sovereignty. They would put Australia firmly back in our place as a raw materials supplier to the Metropolis, and nothing more \u2013 as we were in British Empire days. This cries out for Paul Keating\u2019s acerbic pen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have no confidence in the ability of the present Australian Government, dazzled by the US alliance, to manage these negotiations in our national interest \u2013 either commercially or strategically. I fear we will once again be exploited and entrapped by our great and powerful \u2013 and clever \u2013 friend.<\/p>\n<cite>https:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/ripe-for-the-plucking\/<br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-pearls-and-irritations wp-block-embed-pearls-and-irritations\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/johnmenadue.com\/ripe-for-the-plucking\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two big risks to Australia here are, firstly, jeopardising whatever is left of our mining sector\u2019s historic relationships of trust with our major mining market in China. Any Australian mining company currently selling to China could have its relationships and operations there crippled if it went into business with US mining companies on this &#8230; <a title=\"Our minerals are ripe for the plucking by the US\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/2023\/08\/09\/our-minerals-are-ripe-for-the-plucking-by-the-us\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Our minerals are ripe for the plucking by the US\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2099,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090\/revisions\/2099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7gs.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}