Finance & Banking — Export-Import Bank's $10B Rare-Earth Minerals Play Signals Major Shift in US Financial Policy Amid Global Resource Race

Finance & Banking · 2026-03-10

Today's developments reveal a significant pivot in U.S. financial policy, with banking institutions being leveraged as tools for national strategic objectives. The Export-Import Bank's unprecedented $10 billion commitment to Project Vault represents a dramatic escalation in financial institutions' role in national security strategy, particularly in reducing dependence on Chinese rare-earth…