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Source: Cagle Cartoons
Byline: Daryl Cagle
Byline Title: Editorial Cartoonist
Create Date: 20250503
Headline: China Panda Blows Rare Earth Elements Smoke At Uncle Sam In US Trade War
Category: I
Caption: SANTA BARBARA, CA - MAY 3: In this satirical editorial cartoon titled "China and Rare Earth Elements" by Daryl Cagle, published by CagleCartoons.com via Cagle Cartoons, an anthropomorphized panda representing China, dressed in military attire with a red star, lounges in an armchair smoking a cigar labeled "Rare Earths" and blowing thick smoke into the face of a distressed Uncle Sam personifying the United States, who clutches at his eyes amid a globe background symbolizing the world. The cartoon addresses the topic of China's dominance in rare earth elements production and its leverage in the US-China trade war, including economic tensions over manufacturing, high tech, lithium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium, scandium, yttrium, and metals, with the cartoonist conveying that China is smugly using its near-monopoly on these critical resources to "smoke out" or pressure America, highlighting vulnerabilities in global supply chains, business dependencies, and potential escalations under figures like Donald Trump. (Illustration by Daryl Cagle / CagleCartoons.com / Cagle Cartoons via Getty Images)
Supplemental Categories: POL FIN WAR HUM ECO SCI
Copyright: Copyright - 2025 Daryl Cagle
City: Santa Barbara
State: CA
Country/Country Code: USA / United States
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