Germany criticises China curbs on rare-earth exports
Sunday, 6 July 2025 () Berlin (AFP) July 3, 2025
Germany's foreign minister Thursday criticised China over its "unilateral and often not very transparent" export restrictions on rare earths, warning they were harming ties between the world's third- and second-biggest economies. Beijing has since April required licences to export the strategic materials, which are used in a wide variety of products from electric car batteries to hard drives
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