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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defense

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China has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defense

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month ago

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Exports of rare earths now require special licenses, but Beijing has yet to fully establish a system for issuing them, the New York Times reported.

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To the hoardening!
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  1•1 month ago
  I guess so, but to what end?
  
  Are they expecting a global inflation given tariffs?

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