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President Donald Trump has launched a probe into the need for tariffs on critical minerals, the latest action in an expanding trade war that has targeted key sectors of the global economy.

Donald Trump has threatened to apply tariffs on critical minerals in a move that could increase tensions with China and open a new front in a global trade war that has rattled markets. In an executive order on Tuesday,