China’s top economic planning agency indicated late on Tuesday that the government has not ruled out using rare earth exports as a new bargaining chip in its continuing trade war with the US.
China is the global leader of rare earths – minerals that are critical to the manufacture of consumer electronics, semiconductors and military equipment – accounting for 90 per cent of the world’s rare earths production.
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