Rare earths are not just materials. They are power. China controls most of the processing. Western companies depend on supply they do not fully control. Governments talk about resilience while industries race to secure contracts. This episode explains where real power sits in the rare earth chain, how price shocks and policy signals move through automotive, energy, and tech, and why Europe, the United States, and major corporations are now trying to reduce dependence.

This week’s Business News Weekly looks at how the energy transition is unfolding on both sides of the Atlantic.

Europe is turning climate policy into a regulatory operating framework, while the United States is accelerating change through large-scale investment.

Together, these two models are reshaping costs, competitiveness, and the way global industry plans for the future.

The New Ocean explores how the ocean is no longer a distant backdrop but an active operating environment shaping trade, infrastructure, and risk. From shifting climate patterns to real-world disruptions across global routes, the episode connects environmental change with economic reality and asks a central question: what happens when we begin to understand the ocean not as a constant, but as a system in motion and learn to operate within it?