Tokyo | Beijing has sought to calm global concerns about its tightening grip on rare earths exports, telling foreign businesses the new export controls will not disrupt normal trade.
Vice Commerce Minister Ling Ji told representatives from more than 170 foreign companies and business chambers at a roundtable in Beijing this week that China’s curbs were a “responsible act” aimed at safeguarding global peace and stability, not weaponising supply chains as suggested by the US and others.
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