EU trade chief presses China to ease rare earth export curbs on civilian goods

By Joanna Sopinska ( June 4, 2025, 16:13 GMT | Insight) -- The EU trade chief, Maroš Šefčovič, has urged China to exclude civilian production from its export control regime for rare earths to address the situation faced by the bloc's industries that rely on Chinese imports of these materials. EU companies have been warning that the tighter export regime that China introduced this year causes disruptive supply shortages.The EU trade chief, Maroš Šefčovič, has urged China to exclude civilian production from its export control regime for rare earths to address the "extremely difficult" situation faced by the bloc's industries that rely on Chinese imports of these materials. EU companies have been warning that the tighter export regime that China introduced this year causes supply shortages that disrupt their production....

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EU trade chief presses China to ease rare earth export curbs on civilian goods

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