Can India use guar gum against US like China uses rare earths to pressure the US? Sounds powerful… but the truth is far more complicated. In this episode, we break it all down: - How guar gum went from a humble bean to a $4 billion export - Why the US shale industry made Rajasthan farmers rich - How fracking economics, synthetic gels, and cheap competition changed everything - Why India can’t pull a “China Rare Earth” move with guar gum anymore - The hidden business opportunities in guar – from food, pharma & cosmetics to the future of guar protein No hype. Just the real economics and the path forward. #GuarGum #TradeWar #Economics #IndiaUS #ShaleGas #Agriculture #BusinessIdeas #guarprotein #gavar #gavarbhaji #guar #geopolitics #rajasthan #rajasthaneconomy #guarmeal #trump #trumptariffs #trade #tradewar #imports #startups #farmers #makeagriculturegreatagain ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱️ Time Stamps 01:55 - Why US needs Indian gavar? 02:06 - What is shale gas? 03:14 - Use of guar gum in shale gas Guar's value chain: 04:16 - Gavar production 05:18 - Processing - Guar splits 06:17 - Guar gum 06:56 - Guar meal - a byproduct 07:56 - Finished products 09:01 - The science behind guar gum 10:35 - History of guar commodity 11:47 - India's guar gum exports and economics of guar gum 15:37 - India cannot play rare-earth strategy against US like China 17:57 - Guar Protein, a new thing that can go viral soon - a business idea ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources & Further Reading: Reading room's post on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/DM9c26ig2QS/?hl=en&img_index=1 DATA: Guar Gum Prices, Trading View - https://in.tradingview.com/chart/BsS4p0wm/?symbol=NCDEX%3AGUARGUM51%21 Agri Exchange - India Export Data - https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/India/GenerateAPEDAProductReport/Index EIA - US Data on Oil & Natural Gas - https://www.eia.gov/naturalgas/data.php Oil Rig Data - https://tinyurl.com/4jfxvrku INFORMATION: Guar, Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guar Guar gum, Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guar_gum Introduction to guar gum, Clara - https://www.nexira.com/introduction-to-guar-gum/ Uses of Guar Gum, Justin Dobbs - https://www.guarresources.com/uses-of-guar-gum/ Guar Gum Export Demand - https://tinyurl.com/57hkp2ek History of Guar Gum - https://tinyurl.com/285s7e9c Guar Gum Exports Halves, ET - https://tinyurl.com/3zkrjdne Mixing Guar Gum, Silverson Machines (YouTube) - A clip from this video was used in my video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuUQmppezLI How US Shale Gas Brought Wealth in Rajasthan, Quartz - https://tinyurl.com/msysxth6 Halliburton's Decision to Idle Fracking, Bloomberg - https://tinyurl.com/mump4dkt New Rigs Haven't Showed - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29072025/trump-drilling-boom-promise-stagnant/ Guar Protein - https://agfundernews.com/guar-protein-new-cleaner-tasting-kid-on-the-plant-based-block ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👉🏼 Follow Me on - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapkar Twitter - https://twitter.com/Swap_Kar Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/swap_kar/ Blog - https://econgullyblog.wordpress.com/