5 d. ago China says to optimize rare earth export controls, facilitate legitimate trade

China says to optimize rare earth export controls, facilitate legitimate trade  chinadailyasia.com

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6 d. ago US phones allies over rare earths, China’s food security: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘This is China versus the world’: US calls allies over Beijing rare earth curbs US President Donald Trump’s administration vowed on Wednesday to work with its allies and other countries to get an upper hand in its trade talks with China, claiming Beijing’s recent rare earth control as a sign of being an “unreliable partner” that threatens global supply...

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7 d. ago ‘This is China versus the world’: US calls allies over Beijing rare earth curbs

US President Donald Trump’s administration vowed on Wednesday to work with its allies and other countries to get an upper hand in its trade talks with China, claiming Beijing’s recent rare earth control as a sign of being an “unreliable partner” that threatens global supply chains. The remarks marked the latest in a series of threatened countermeasures, as Trump officials have previously announced 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese goods from November 1 and also struck back on such targets like...

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9 d. ago Delicate trade truce with China hangs in the balance after export controls

Delicate trade truce with China hangs in the balance after export controls  KSNV

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9 d. ago ‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining

‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining  The Conversation

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9 d. ago Business Brief (Oct. 13): Beijing Decries U.S. ‘Double Standards’ on Trade Controls

Business Brief (Oct. 13): Beijing Decries U.S. ‘Double Standards’ on Trade Controls  Caixin Global

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9 d. ago Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions

China’s expansion of its rare earth export controls appeared to mark another escalation in the US-China trade war last week. But the announcements were also significant in another way: unusually, the documents could not be opened using American word processing software. For the first time, China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a slew of documents that could be directly accessed only through WPS Office – China’s answer to Microsoft Office – as Beijing continues its tech self-reliance...

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1 week ago US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday that the US reached out to China for a phone call following an announcement that it was expanding its rare earths export controls but Beijing deferred. “I can tell you that we were not notified, and quickly, as soon as we found out from public sources, we reached out to the Chinese to have a phone call, and they deferred,” Greer told Fox News’ Sunday Briefing, while calling China’s move “a power grab”. US President Donald Trump responded on...

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1 week ago US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls expansion

US trade envoy says China ‘deferred’ when US tried to discuss export controls expansion  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago US trade envoy Jamieson Greer calls China’s new rare earths curb a ‘power grab’

The outlook for US-China relations appeared to hit another snag on Sunday when the US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said that China had rebuffed an attempt to communicate, even as US President Donald Trump appeared to downplay the ongoing trade differences. This follows Trump’s threat on Friday to impose an extra 100 per cent tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1 and to curb the export of “any and all critical software”, a doubling down on his China trade policy a day after...

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1 week ago Trump to hike China tariffs to 130% and impose software export controls next month, as trade war reignites to nearly 'Liberation Day' levels

Trump to hike China tariffs to 130% and impose software export controls next month, as trade war reignites to nearly 'Liberation Day' levels  Fortune

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1 week ago Trump to hike China tariff to 130% and impose software export controls next month, as trade war reignites to nearly 'Liberation Day' levels

Trump to hike China tariff to 130% and impose software export controls next month, as trade war reignites to nearly 'Liberation Day' levels  Fortune

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1 week ago Trump appears to cancel meeting with Xi amid rare earth trade clash, threatens ‘massive’ tariffs

US President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to cancel a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, accusing Beijing of “hostile” trade behaviour after it further expanded export controls on rare earth elements and threatening “massive” tariffs. In a social media post, Trump said he had been “surprised” by China’s move, which he claimed would “clog markets” and hurt global production across industries. “There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the world ‘captive’,” he wrote,...

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1 week ago China tightens rare earth export controls ahead of US trade talk

China tightens rare earth export controls ahead of US trade talk  The American Bazaar

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1 week ago China tightens rare earths export controls ahead of US trade talks

China tightens rare earths export controls ahead of US trade talks  Benchmark Source

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1 week ago China’s rare earth clampdown deepens EU anxiety on industry and Ukraine support

The European Union is “worried” by China’s move to tighten restrictions on rare earth minerals, with senior figures saying the controls will compound the deterioration in trade relations that have only “worsened” since a leaders’ summit in July. On Thursday, China’s commerce ministry announced a sweeping “upgrade” of rare earth licensing requirements that have been in place since April, which will cover the export of technologies used to process the minerals. The move also tightens licensing...

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3 w. ago EU is diversifying its supply chains, but it’s still reliant on China

Europe’s attempt to reduce its dependence on China through trade agreements in Asia may not achieve the intended outcome. Instead of breaking ties, Brussels is being drawn deeper into supply chains where Chinese companies remain central. EU deals in recent years with Vietnam, Indonesia and India broaden market access and diversify suppliers, yet also channel European demand into production networks controlled by China. Meanwhile, the European Union continues trade talks with Thailand, Malaysia...

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