Canada bears brunt of U.S.-China battle for rare earth minerals

The fight for rare earth minerals is pitting the world's two biggest economies in a race for global supremacy, and Canada is getting squeezed, says Washington political analyst Eric Ham in a column. (iStock / Getty Images Plus / wildpixel) Eric Ham is based in Washington, D.C. and is a political analyst for CTV News. He's a bestselling author and former congressional staffer in the U.S. Congress and writes for CTVNews.ca. The fight for rare earth minerals pits the world's two biggest economies in a race for global supremacy. Moreover, as this back-and-forth unfurls, U.S. President Donald Trump's willingness to…