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Navigating trade challenges: Electric vehicles, China, and tariffs
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with the former deputy US trade representative Sarah Bianchi to talk about trade tensions between China and the United States; President Joe Biden's EV tariffs; how to use trade to build an electric vehicle supply chain; and much more!
🔌 Electric Vehicles and Tariffs: The recent announcement of 100 percent tariffs on Chinese-imported EVs has shocked many in the industry. What is Biden trying to achieve?
Join us for an insightful conversation that goes beyond headlines, exploring the intricate dance of trade negotiations, and the future of electric mobility.
Sarah Bianchi is a senior managing director and chief strategist of international political affairs and public policy at Evercore. She served as deputy U.S. Trade Representative from 2021 to 2024, overseeing critical trading relationships across Asia and Africa. Before that she was policy director to Vice President Biden from 2011 to 2014.
She has also served as head of global policy development at Airbnb, managing director at BlackRock, and investment analyst at Eton Park Capital Management.
#electricvehicle #supplychain #EVs
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What Indonesia's dominance means for nickel in 2024
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Indonesia is limiting nickel capacity through mining quotas, but what impact will this have on the market in 2024? Benchmark nickel analyst Jorge Uzcategui examines the latest developments. Benchmark Source subscribers can access our full library of interviews, analyst presentations, and energy transition insights here: source.benchmarkminerals.com/. Not a subscriber? Request a free trial: sour...
Power Players: Exclusive interview with Arcadium Lithium CEO Paul Graves
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Join us in this exclusive interview with Arcadium Lithium CEO Paul Graves, who talks about the recent all-stock merger with Australia’s Allkem; the state of the lithium market; building a North American supply chain, and more. Listen to hear Paul’s views on Chinese lepidolite, building lithium projects in Quebec, and the future of battery chemistry. Paul Graves is the CEO of Arcadium Lithium, w...
Lithium: Is the sky really falling?
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Since the start of 2023, Benchmark’s Lithium Price assessment has recorded large falls across its range of lithium prices. But how significant are these price falls? Benchmark’s Chief Data Officer, Caspar Rawles, puts lithium’s recent price falls in context and shows that prices are still higher than the five-year average prior to the rally of 2021-2023. Learn more about Benchmark’s Lithium Pri...
Benchmark's Sodium ion Batteries 101
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Sodium ion batteries have the potential to be lower cost, theoretically safer, and more versatile than current lithium ion batteries. But are they ready for the fast lane? This 101 video tells you all you need to know about sodium ion batteries, including interviews with Benchmark analysts and Swedish sodium ion battery producer Altris. Request a copy of Benchmark's free report on sodium ion ba...
Giga USA 2024 trailer
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The US government’s efforts to develop its critical mineral supply chains and take on China’s dominance has placed the battery industry at the forefront of geopolitics. On June 11-13 2024, Benchmark will be hosting a week of networking, dealmaking and policy discussion in Washington DC at the Giga USA 2024 conference: benchmarkevents.benchmarkminerals.com/gigausa24. The conference will bring to...
Power Players: Part 2 - Interview with Northvolt’s Chief Supply Chain Officer Dennis van Schie
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Sweden's Northvolt aims to dramatically cut the carbon footprint of batteries and build the world's greenest batteries. Since its founding in 2016, in Stockholm, the startup has become Europe's largest homegrown battery producer, with a battery plant producing cells in the north of Sweden, and planned plants in Germany and Quebec. Yet reducing the carbon footprint of batteries will require the ...
Power Players: Part 1 - Interview with Northvolt's Chief Supply Chain Officer Dennis van Schie
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Sweden's Northvolt aims to dramatically cut the carbon footprint of batteries and build the world's greenest batteries. Since its founding in 2016, in Stockholm, the startup has become Europe's largest homegrown battery producer, with a battery plant producing cells in the north of Sweden, and planned plants in Germany and Quebec. Yet reducing the carbon footprint of batteries will require the ...
What the Inflation Reduction Act means for graphite
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Daisy Jennings-Gray, Head of Prices at Benchmark, discusses recent developments in North America’s anode value chain, including the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act, China’s graphite export restrictions, and why a North American graphite price is needed. 00:00 - How has the IRA affected graphite in North America? 00:45 - Have China's graphite export restrictions affected North America's a...
Key takeaways from Benchmark's Giga Europe 2024 conference
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Europe, like much of the world, is at a pivotal moment in its energy transition with batteries being a key platform technology. Policies developed now will affect both the supply and demand of the critical minerals needed for the next ten years and more. In March, stakeholders from across the battery supply chain converged on Stockholm, Sweden, for Benchmark's Giga Europe 2024 conference to dis...
How do solid-state batteries differ from lithium ion?
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Benchmark's Rory McNulty, Senior Analyst, discusses the key benefits of solid-state batteries and how they differ from traditional lithium-ion. Watch the full interview on Benchmark Source: source.benchmarkminerals.com/video/watch/analyst-insights-solid-state-batteries-and-the-road-to-commercialisation Not a Benchmark Source subscriber? Fill in this form to request a free trial: source.benchmar...
Simon Moores summarises previous missed opportunities in developing the UK battery supply chain
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On Tuesday 9 May 2023, Benchmark CEO Simon Moores gave evidence to the UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee hearing alongside Jeff Townsend (Critical Minerals Association), Jeremy Wrathall (Cornish Lithium Ltd), and Paul Lusty (UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre). The hearing focused on Batteries and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK, with the goal to create a blueprint...
Benchmark comments on the UK Critical Minerals Strategy
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On Tuesday 9 May 2023, Benchmark CEO Simon Moores gave evidence to the UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee hearing alongside Jeff Townsend (Critical Minerals Association), Jeremy Wrathall (Cornish Lithium Ltd), and Paul Lusty (UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre). The hearing focused on Batteries and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK, with the goal to create a blueprint...
Simon Moores on what's needed to create a UK lithium ion battery supply chain
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On Tuesday 9 May 2023, Benchmark CEO Simon Moores gave evidence to the UK House of Commons Business and Trade Committee hearing alongside Jeff Townsend (Critical Minerals Association), Jeremy Wrathall (Cornish Lithium Ltd), and Paul Lusty (UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre). The hearing focused on Batteries and Electric Vehicle Manufacturing in the UK, with the goal to create a blueprint...
Benchmark CEO discusses the UK's current position in the global lithium ion market
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Benchmark CEO discusses the UK's current position in the global lithium ion market
Benchmark gives evidence to the UK Business and Trade Committee hearing on Batteries and EVs
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Benchmark gives evidence to the UK Business and Trade Committee hearing on Batteries and EVs
The global battery arms race comes to the UK
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The global battery arms race comes to the UK
Record year for lithium prices amid electric vehicle boom - CNBC
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Record year for lithium prices amid electric vehicle boom - CNBC
Analyst Insights : BYD reaches tier One EV status
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Analyst Insights : BYD reaches tier One EV status
Lithium ion batteries - an EV platform technology - Simon Moores, US Senate Testimony, June 2021
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Lithium ion batteries - an EV platform technology - Simon Moores, US Senate Testimony, June 2021
Benchmark's Lithium 101: Supply
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Benchmark's Lithium 101: Supply
Building the UK’s lithium ion economy; Benchmark’s G7 presentation
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Building the UK’s lithium ion economy; Benchmark’s G7 presentation
Money and Power: Benchmark’s EVFest 2021
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Money and Power: Benchmark’s EVFest 2021
Xos Trucks: Building an electric truck from scratch - #EVFest 2021
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Xos Trucks: Building an electric truck from scratch - #EVFest 2021
Benchmark's Lithium 101: Demand
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Benchmark's Lithium 101: Demand
Benchmark Analyst Insights: Lithium’s rising price environment
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Benchmark Analyst Insights: Lithium’s rising price environment
Rise of the Electric Vehicle Battery Megafactories
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Rise of the Electric Vehicle Battery Megafactories
VW Power Day | Benchmark Reactions
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VW Power Day | Benchmark Reactions
Robert Friedland with Simon Moores: Mining MegaStorm, Gigafactories, Batteries and Electric Vehicles
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Robert Friedland with Simon Moores: Mining MegaStorm, Gigafactories, Batteries and Electric Vehicles
Benchmark's Tesla Battery Day Reactions: Batteries, Lithium, Silicon Anodes, Nickel, Cobalt, TWh
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Benchmark's Tesla Battery Day Reactions: Batteries, Lithium, Silicon Anodes, Nickel, Cobalt, TWh

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Michael-Wil
    @Michael-Wil 6 днів тому

    Nice scoop, but honestly nothing new to gain from this interview apart from a sales pitch for her new employer.

  • @andrewdewit4711
    @andrewdewit4711 15 днів тому

    In other words, Chinese-dominated production is growing at the expense of others, notwithstanding increasing policy agreements aimed at “derisking” nickel and other critical mineral supply chains….and the ESG goals also seem more difficult, given the environmental impacts of HPAL…

  • @marcprinzbarprinzbar5918
    @marcprinzbarprinzbar5918 18 днів тому

    I have a question about the usefulness of an IFC loan to the very rich company Arcadium. Is it in the World Bank's interest to support a company that is happy to open its hand for a favourable loan, but only a short time later lays off workers out of greed for profit? Clever CEO Mr Paul Graves is once again laughing up his sleeve as he twists everyone round his finger with words, increasing his royalties while local families struggle with unemployment and poverty Timing Washington, D.C., July 24, 2023 Makhtar Diop, IFC's Managing Director "Our investment in Allkem is part of IFC's strategy to develop global supply chains that accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future while creating jobs," said Makhtar Diop, IFC's Managing Director. "It will strengthen Argentina's position as one of the world's leading lithium producers and help set high sustainability standards for the lithium mining industry." Bnamericas Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Arcadium aims to reduce its costs by US$60-80mn this year, while local media reported that workers in Argentina are being laid off. Arcadium First Quarter 2024 Results, Release Date: 08/05/24 On Track to Achieve $60 to 80 million of Realized Synergies / Cost Savings in 2024 They claim to be on track for 40% increase in sales volumes for 2024, with volume growth weighted towards the second half of 2024. • Last quarter saw about $100M margin from the actual “operations”. • Assuming volume growth is yet to materialise, can we expect circa 5.5x Q1 volume for the year ..? (That would be 40% more overall, if Q1 was at the “old” rate) • With pricing expected to increase over the course of the year, can we therefore expect over 5.5x the $100M Q1 margin for 2024…? i.e. $600M + • Subtract circa $100M for “other” cost eg merger etc(Never seen merger costs in this amount, are they hidden penalties (customs)?) • has established itself in the European tax haven IRL

  • @Scottiedowawa
    @Scottiedowawa 18 днів тому

    Seems like he understands the market and the business well. Hoping Arcadium does well.

  • @adohmnail6445
    @adohmnail6445 20 днів тому

    Unfortunately, there is little to no environmental standards in Indonesia. Promoting their projects, which are known to dump waste into the water, is not great. Even removing ESG as a standard and just common sense would show us that the world needs to look to their jurisdictions.

    • @ABBZ120
      @ABBZ120 20 днів тому

      While I agree, corporations don’t really seem to care about the wider environmental impact of their supply chains, they mostly greenwash. If Indonesia is cheap or is able to fill demand the money will keep flowing

  • @patrickshanghai2064
    @patrickshanghai2064 25 днів тому

    good interview. just read the Q1 report. share reacting positively. Paul is good.

  • @vtdave73
    @vtdave73 26 днів тому

    Good interview, very much appreciated. Next time would be nice for a question regarding lithium metal demand, sakuu partnership, etc.

  • @1dforbes
    @1dforbes Місяць тому

    The greenest battery on the planet! Nickel from Indonesia, Cobalt from the DRC, African Spodumene and graphite from a Chinese company. What a fraud this man and company is.

  • @robertpatterson4185
    @robertpatterson4185 Місяць тому

    It would be great to know if any recent offtake agreements ex China had premium pricing attached.Example Syra,Novonix etc.That would give a better picture of what’s going with graphite pricing. I know that’s not easy to obtain.With that knowledge it would certainly help with investment decisions going forward in the graphite space

  • @Michael-Wil
    @Michael-Wil Місяць тому

    A much better performance after that abysmal display on RK Equities, but not sure what was the point of this presentation, apart from a Damage Limitation Exercise for presentation skills, anyone with a passing knowledge of batteries and supply chain already knew this some times ago, this isn't old news, it's ancient news.

  • @monkeysezbegood
    @monkeysezbegood 2 місяці тому

    Any new mines? Talk is easy, where are the mines?

  • @charliez7130
    @charliez7130 6 місяців тому

    Arnie should run for the Oval office!

  • @3cinternational
    @3cinternational 6 місяців тому

    Proud to have served the Benchmark team with our live streaming services on location in Los Angeles. 👍🏻

  • @jacknottingham9492
    @jacknottingham9492 6 місяців тому

    Love that Arnie made an appearance

  • @natashabastien678
    @natashabastien678 9 місяців тому

    Interesting

  • @michaelzimmerman2634
    @michaelzimmerman2634 Рік тому

    "PromoSM"

  • @brycesweeney9237
    @brycesweeney9237 Рік тому

    This is out of date now Elon has got new batteries theat don't rely on lithium

  • @ericpelletier4193
    @ericpelletier4193 Рік тому

    The recycling discussion I found to be quite interesting given just how it highlights both the need for upstream and particularly midstream capacity. That said, I do wonder if there may be a case, particularly for an island nation, to incentivize or somehow use recycling as an anchor to actually attract battery materials into the local supply chain? I suppose this is somewhat the same as the midstream but framed a bit differently. In any case, very informative discussion. Thank you for sharing!

    • @Michael-Wil
      @Michael-Wil Рік тому

      There is no local supply chain in the UK, we're years from having ANY UK produced Lithium, recycling plants are usually built near/with/close to the battery factory to reprocess the faulty batteries from the production line. As we don't have any Lithium, Graphite, Nickel etc etc it would mean we'd have to import it all, in this green ESG world that's not the done thing, we want short supply chains not long ones. So no raw materials, so no battery factories, so limited recycling opportunities. As was made clear in the video, it's all or nothing.

  • @stephenrichards5386
    @stephenrichards5386 Рік тому

    A huge amount of woke. That's all that's needed

  • @LeeKirkman88
    @LeeKirkman88 Рік тому

    Madness

  • @robrider838
    @robrider838 Рік тому

    Look at all those idiots on their phones as Simon gives an extremely important speech. Remind me why they get paid again?

  • @Michael-Wil
    @Michael-Wil Рік тому

    How far behind is the UK that we're still talking about it, not doing it. And how bad is it we're a world class producer of needle coke! We really shouldn't be extolling it to Government committees or anyone.

  • @monkeysezbegood
    @monkeysezbegood Рік тому

    Great chat

  • @najibyarzerachic
    @najibyarzerachic Рік тому

    What does that even mean? Byd has been building batteries since 1995. How is bechmark qualified enough to rate them.

  • @swaep114
    @swaep114 Рік тому

    A Long Journey Since Putting EV Trucks on the Road in 2019 under the Thor Name, Now XOS. 2023 Looking Much Brighter.

  • @peterlee4682
    @peterlee4682 Рік тому

    WOW! A gold mine of perspective!

  • @peterlee4682
    @peterlee4682 Рік тому

    Hearst--Symbionese Liberation Army....

  • @arnoldvandenhurk
    @arnoldvandenhurk Рік тому

    Masterclass. Robert is the visionary the market needs. Congratulations.

  • @marcelsteinbach8025
    @marcelsteinbach8025 2 роки тому

    Thank you. This is an amazing interview.

  • @brandkanne9657
    @brandkanne9657 2 роки тому

    Renascor Resources 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

  • @robrider838
    @robrider838 2 роки тому

    NanoXplore

  • @kschleic9053
    @kschleic9053 2 роки тому

    Comically bad analysis of the global battery production system. Impling that the global source of graphite is going to come from fossil fuels just because one refinery in the UK wants to make it... 😂🤦🏻

    • @olofengstedt
      @olofengstedt Рік тому

      More than 90 % comes from fossil fuels today? From China. Synthetic graphite

  • @Mojo16011973
    @Mojo16011973 2 роки тому

    NOVONIX baby !!

  • @breakfastfordinner2890
    @breakfastfordinner2890 2 роки тому

    The west is completely asleep at the wheel of me and while China is eating the US is lunch, a couple this with the projected massive supply shortages I do not think that these electric car manufacturing companies would manage to sell electric vehicles which will drive up the cost of lithium even more, that’s money for me and you if you’re invested in Li

  • @charles_cody
    @charles_cody 2 роки тому

    Haha, I'm giving 2018/2019 me a pat on the head..."Who's a good boy?"

  • @BrianHeimbuecher
    @BrianHeimbuecher 2 роки тому

    Gee, Robert... we could have used your smarts during the Oligocene era of the planet... you know, 25 million years ago, when the planet went through a strikingly similar climate change like we see today. I'm a fan of yours, but to hear people claim our species is responsible for what's really a 'living planet phenomenon', well, do I get a bridge with that? Sure, humans (since the Industrial Revolution) have done SOME damage, but you're tilting at windmills if you think you're going to stop the Earth's natural cycles. Back in the '80s I was an EarthFirster... I'm not ignorant. If anything, mines have done perhaps more damage to the planet than any other industry. I can only imagine what the mining regions of Russia and China look like.

  • @RedondoBeach2
    @RedondoBeach2 2 роки тому

    19:32 Reflation. This key part of the interview is especially worth noting.

  • @hungtruong1516
    @hungtruong1516 2 роки тому

    The video sound is pretty good, beyond my imagination

  • @richiejohnson
    @richiejohnson 2 роки тому

    I was a neighbor and young schoolmate of Robert's, on a trip to Boston's Museum of Science, maybe 1962. There was a hologram exhibit, which displayed coins tumbling in a rotating bowl. The viewer was invited to reach for the money, which was a projected image. Well, Robert figured the puzzle out, did some contorting, and reached and retrieved the dam coins! He had a nice collection of fluorescent minerals and a UV light. His dad was an architect and good guy

  • @robertpatterson4185
    @robertpatterson4185 2 роки тому

    I’ve got mine,RNU and Core,CXO

  • @Mojo16011973
    @Mojo16011973 2 роки тому

    buy your battery material stocks now, while the U.S is still asleep to the current and future need.

  • @mauinuts8844
    @mauinuts8844 2 роки тому

    Simon, please keep delivering your critical mineral message. The strategic importance of establishing a domestic lithium battery supply chain must not be underestimated.

  • @Chops2792
    @Chops2792 2 роки тому

    Best unknown channel on the tube. Can’t miss videos, that no one knows about…sadly.

  • @worthmore
    @worthmore 2 роки тому

    Very Very Good

  • @linkedinroger
    @linkedinroger 2 роки тому

    Ramped and ready is the key aspect of it all...without that, it's going to be like a booze up without any alcohol!

  • @graphiteevolutiongraphenom1769
    @graphiteevolutiongraphenom1769 3 роки тому

    Huge demand for TLG almost at any cost

    • @peterkittler3308
      @peterkittler3308 3 роки тому

      Agree, UK and Talga announcements seem to be fully synchronised time wise and Talga is the only scale provider of clean green anodes in Europe.

  • @Self-Health-Evangelist
    @Self-Health-Evangelist 3 роки тому

    This video deserves a lot more views than it got. Smart folks and a good moderator!

  • @rockstopsthetraffic
    @rockstopsthetraffic 3 роки тому

    China includes Mongolia... The Korean Peninsula is one colour... This is such a sloppy map.

  • @rockstopsthetraffic
    @rockstopsthetraffic 3 роки тому

    This is by region.... And the map doesn't include Poland in Europe? I know there's a massive LG EV battery factory in Wrocław.

  • @arjungill7460
    @arjungill7460 3 роки тому

    Wow!