Beijing Suspends Export Curbs on Critical Minerals, Rare Earths

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, on Oct. 31, 2010. Stringer /ReutersThe Chinese regime has temporarily lifted a ban on exports of several minerals needed for producing advanced semiconductors and military equipment to the United States, and suspended its latest export curbs on rare earth materials, as part of a tentative trade truce reached last month.Beijing paused restrictions on the sale of gallium, germanium, antimony, and so-called superhard materials to the United States, according to a statement released by the regime’s Ministry of Commerce on Nov. 9. The suspension took effect immediately and will run through Nov. 27, 2026, the ministry said.