Questão 3 - UEG Conhecimentos Gerais 2026/2

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In response to US President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" tariffs in early April, which have since
imposed levies on China of up to 245%, Beijing imposed export controls on seven key minerals: samarium,
gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium. Critical minerals, also

known as rare earth elements (REE), are a group of 17 chemically similar materials that are critical to modern
[05] technology. They are used in a wide range of products: smartphones, electric vehicles, wind turbines, LED lights,
medical devices, and military hardware.

China controls roughly 69% of global rare earth production and nearly 90% of processing capacity, according to the
US Geological Survey’s 2024 data. It also holds approximately 49% of the world’s 90 million tonnes of known rare
earth element reserves. The US relies entirely on imports for certain REEs. It has a 100% import dependence on
[10] yttrium, with 93% of the supply coming from China. It also has an 80% import dependence on all rare earth
compounds and metals, with 56% of these sourced from China.
The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) states that China acconts for 99% of global heavy rare
earth processing, thereby hoding na effective monopoly over supply. 

Disponível em: https://en.majalla.com/node/325266/infographics/rare-earths-china%E2%80%99s-trump-card-us-tariff-war. Acesso em: 25 mar. 2026.

Considering the pronouns present in the text, it can be stated that