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Markets tumble amid China’s threat to impose export controls on rare earth minerals

The news immediately caused a drop in equities and commodities, with soybeans down 20 percent in a matter of minutes.

October 10, 2025 12:12 PM • 
RFD NEWS STAFF, Currey McCullough

China is currently rattling all of the markets right now. A short time ago, President Trump said China is becoming hostile and is threatening to impose export controls around the globe, on rare earth minerals.

The news immediately caused a drop in equities and commodities, with soybeans down 20 percent in a matter of minutes.

RFD-TV’s Tony St. James and market analyst Arlan Suderman of Stone X provide action and discuss what President Trump calls “a grave miscalculation.”

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