China has substantially expanded its rare earth export controls – these now apply not only to a wider range of elements and magnets but, on paper least, any goods that contain them in meaningful amounts. The move risks complicating trade talks with the US and underscores the deepening geostrategic rivalry between the two sides, with Beijing seemingly determined to leverage its dominance in rare earths and many of the downstream products that depend on them.
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