Editor's Note: In addition to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the Trump Administration has imposed tariffs on rare earth elements imported from China; and the President signed an executive order that calls for the Secretary of Defense and other administration leaders to investigate the defense industrial base and supply chains. More information can be found in the article, REE tariff puts wind in Alaska SMC sails, published in the June 20 edition of North of 60 Mining News.