China Pauses Critical Mineral Curbs in Trade Truce With U.S.
Beijing has suspended some export controls on critical minerals including rare earths, following a trade detente agreed with Washington last month.
China's commerce ministry on Sunday said it would temporarily lift a ban on approving exports of "dual-use items" related to gallium, germanium, antimony and super-hard materials to the U.S. It also suspended stricter reviews of the export of graphite to the U.S.
The suspensions took effect from Sunday and will be effective till Nov. 27 next year, the ministry said in a statement.
The bans were announced last December in response to technology restrictions imposed by the Biden administration that targeted China's access to advanced memory chips critical to artificial-intelligence applications.
Gallium is key to semiconductor and electronics manufacturing, while germanium is used in critical defense and space applications, and antimony is used in rechargeable batteries commonly found in car engines. China was one of the country's main sources for those minerals before the December ban.
Separately on Friday, China's commerce ministry paused expanded Chinese export controls on rare earths that were announced in early October, for a period of one year.
The commerce ministry last month had said foreign suppliers must obtain approval from Beijing to export some products with certain rare-earth materials originating from China if they account for 0.1% or more of the good's total value.
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