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.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20250414191508/https://fortune.com/2025/04/14/china-rare-earth-exports-halt-trump-trade-war-tariff-retaliation/
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China has no more than what every other sovereign nation is entitled to: control over the resources in their territory.
The only requirement for trading with them is to play nice, which the U.S. isn’t doing.