The Second Cold War that the United States is waging against China includes a trade war, tech war, and now a mineral war. In alliance with Silicon Valley Big Tech corporations, the US government is trying to recruit countries into Pax Silica, a coalition to create a new global supply chain for critical minerals that cuts out China. Ben Norton explains.

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0:00 Cold War Two against China

0:30 (CLIP) Marco Rubio on China "threat"

1:33 Trade war

2:26 Why China won the trade war

3:25 Critical mineral supply chain

4:10 Trump plans to restart trade war

4:47 Trump tariffs and SCOTUS ruling

6:15 Tech war against China

7:05 Chip war

8:32 AI chip supply chain

9:58 Military-industrial complex

11:28 Plans for new supply chain

12:14 Project Vault: US mineral stockpile

12:53 Japan deal with USA

13:35 Pax Silica

14:13 Critical minerals ministerial

14:57 Members of US-led Pax Silica

16:17 India

17:03 Other countries

18:04 US State Department narrative

19:41 China is the target

21:10 Big Tech corporations

21:30 Google

22:14 Public-private partnership

23:23 Under Secretary Jacob Helberg

24:32 US attacks on Iran target China

26:00 China oil imports

27:11 Geostrategic oil chokepoints

27:48 Strait of Hormuz

28:27 Strait of Malacca

29:27 Silicon Valley oligarchs

31:04 AI & crypto czar David Sacks

31:32 PayPal Mafia

32:41 Billionaires make US govt policy

33:19 AI race with China

34:57 Silicon Valley fears China

35:32 Billionaires run US government

36:46 India joins US-led Pax Silica

39:22 India's foreign policy

40:41 Non-Aligned Movement

41:23 New cold war

43:24 Outro