The point they were stating was that if they kept up the high prices, that leaves room for a low priced competitor, likely from China, to occupy the lower end (and larger) share of the market. Like what BYD did to the EV market everywhere except the US. Or what Chinese mobiles did to the smartphone market. Eventually they become so powerful that they start going upmarket, trying to catch everyone in the higher end segments too. And by the time the Western companies think they can retaliate, too bad, China's got them by the bollocks on raw material.

Which are exactly the two years they are threatening tighter supply.