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China tightens controls on critical minerals despite US trade truce

By MLex Staff ( May 13, 2025, 07:20 GMT | Insight) -- China is intensifying controls on strategic minerals just as the country unveiled a major agreement on tariff reductions with the US, signaling Beijing’s intent to maintain leverage over critical sectors despite the broader trade truce. The Ministry of Commerce yesterday announced the "full-chain" oversight by more than 10 state agencies of the raw materials crucial for everything from semiconductors and electric vehicles to advanced weaponry.China is intensifying controls on strategic minerals just as the country unveiled a major agreement on tariff reductions with the US, signaling Beijing’s intent to maintain leverage over critical sectors despite the broader trade truce....

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