Export Controls

Beijing announced on Tuesday that it will suspend export restrictions on a select group of critical minerals, a step it says fulfills commitments made at a recent high‑level summit with U.S. officials. The move, however, stops short of the broader liberalisation the White House has been urging, as China retains...

In a move that has garnered significant attention, China has temporarily put on hold export controls that were announced earlier this month. However, the country’s silence on earlier-imposed rules continues to cause disruptions in global supply chains. The suspension of the newly announced export controls comes as a surprise, given...

The trade tensions between China and the United States have escalated once again, with both nations engaging in a game of economic brinksmanship. China’s latest move to impose new controls on rare earth exports has raised the stakes, and may be motivated by President Xi Jinping’s need to demonstrate strength...