Neodymium powers your life (even if you don’t know it). Now it’s a key trade issue too

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — You may not know what neodymium is (or even how to pronounce it). But you have plenty of it in your home. Neodymium is a rare earth, one of the minerals near the bottom of the periodic table that are crucial for everyday life. The element is among the