Loading ...China controls trade chokepoints beyond rare earths. It’s squeezing them – The Washington Post
Stalled negotiations between Space X and a Chinese solar tech firm illustrate Beijing’s growing reach.
China is quietly expanding its export control regime against the United States and American allies, reaching beyond rare earth minerals to pinch chokepoints that affect key U.S. industries, according to investors, business leaders and supply chain analysts.
The Chinese government last year flexed its trade muscle in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing a sweeping set of restrictions on rare earth minerals, which are essential in a wide variety of tech products and produced predominantly in China.
Having used its dominance over rare earths to blunt Trump’s tariff campaign and pursue other geopolitical goals, such as punish Japan for its position on Taiwan, Beijing now has ambitions to “shape the behavior of companies and countries around the world,” “Their intention is to weaponize other supply chains beyond just rare earths,”