LS Cable Backs Magnet Unit as China Curbs Hit Robot Motors
Regulatory reviews exceeding 45 business days for Chinese neodymium magnets stall articulated robot actuator lines, prompting…
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Subsidies, tariffs, export controls and economic-security rules, tracked over time.
US Senator Daines urges China talks to protect rare earths
The appeal follows a 21% drop in August magnet imports from China, with bilateral working groups seeking to avert shortages…
China bans dual-use sales to MP Materials and US refiners
The Ministry of Commerce export blacklist targets MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, cutting off specialized processing feedstocks…
China waives African tariffs to lock in critical minerals
Beijing reaffirmed duty-free access across 53 African nations on Oct.
USTR lowers China consumer tariffs, squeezing Southeast Asian hubsMembers
A bilateral agreement to restore single-digit duties on $30 billion of Chinese exports reverses a tariff advantage Southeast…
USTR puts no timeline on $60B US-China tariff cuts as supply chains wait
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says domestic legal reviews must precede duty relief on 77 product lines, leaving Asian…
China magnet export controls near end of one-year suspension
Western automakers and robotics builders stepped up rare earth magnet purchases as Beijing prepared to let a pause on…
Pentagon ends Chinese mineral waivers before 2027 deadline
The phaseout forces Korean and Japanese naval contractors to trace all neodymium magnets down to the mine under DFARS…
Japan Prefectures Woo Taiwan Chip Vendors With Site Grants
Regional governments across Kyushu are preparing dedicated industrial parks to house supply chains feeding TSMC’s planned $17…
Korea Urges USTR to Strictly Honor 15% Bilateral Tariff Cap
Trade Minister Park Jung-sung pressed Washington to prevent new trade measures from breaching the agreed duty limit as Korean…
Pentagon awards Elmet $2.45B to cut China tungsten reliance by 2027
The equity and procurement package expands domestic powder manufacturing fivefold before a federal ban on Russian and Chinese…
PIIE ties $99.8 billion US-China trade gap to tariff evasion
Bilateral customs gaps reached 63% of American imports through July, pointing to transshipment through Vietnam as US tariff rates…
China extends trade barrier probes on US green supply chains
The Ministry of Commerce gave investigators three more months to assess American export curbs and clean-energy trade…
TikTok hires Akin Gump to steer US trade and export controls
A disclosure filed Sept. 25 shows the video platform paid $110,000 to navigate algorithm and customs restrictions, dropping…
China Imposes 55% Tariff on Brazil Beef as Imports Hit Quota
The commerce ministry will collect a combined 67% duty starting Oct.
Japan urges China to expedite rare earth export approvals
Japanese delegates in Beijing raised administrative export delays as Chinese magnet shipments to Japan fell 17.1% in August…
Japan and Australia advance critical minerals security pact
The bilateral framework deploys A$1.67 billion in public capital and long-term offtake agreements to insulate rare earth, gallium…
Korea unfreezes Honam grid to add 2.6 GW of solar capacity
The policy ends a two-year connection freeze across 164 substations on Oct.
China halts sulfuric acid exports, squeezing nickel plants
Ministry records confirm no statutory decree was issued Sept. 28, prolonging informal customs curbs that cut 4.65 million tons of…
US and Japan coordinate on yttrium to counter China chip bottleneck
Bilateral talks target alternative refining and recycling channels after Chinese export curbs sent high-purity oxide prices from…
White House keeps chip export controls after Xi-Trump summit
Bilateral summit readouts carve out $30 billion in consumer goods for tariff relief, but U.S.
China Agrees to Import 10 Million Tons of US Coal AnnuallyMembers
The White House announced the two-year energy purchase alongside tariff relief on $30 billion of goods, but Beijing omitted the…
India and Japan deepen defense ties to secure supply chains
Defense and foreign ministry officials held talks in New Delhi on Sept.
China bars dual-use exports to Japan citing military end-use
Spokesperson remarks on Sept. 21 reinforce restrictions covering 80 Japanese entities, halting rare-earth shipments and…