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China Minmetals

China Minmetals' Assertive Drive for Critical Metals Dominance Reshapes Global Resource Landscape

China Minmetals Corporation, a formidable state-owned enterprise, is orchestrating an aggressive and comprehensive strategic push to solidify its dominance across the global critical metals sector. This ambitious initiative is a direct response to unprecedented vulnerabilities exposed within global supply chains and the intensifying worldwide competition for essential resources. The immediate

China

China Unleashes Sweeping Rare Earth Export Controls, Sending Shockwaves Through Global Tech and Supply Chains

Beijing, China – October 9, 2025 – In a move set to profoundly reshape global supply chains and ignite further geopolitical tensions, China has dramatically expanded its export controls on rare earths and related processing technologies. The announcement, made today by the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), tightens Beijing's grip on

US Export Controls

Washington Expands Export Blacklist to Subsidiaries, Deepening US-China Tech Divide and Reshaping Global Commerce

Washington, D.C. – September 29, 2025 – The U.S. Commerce Department has significantly broadened the scope of its restricted export list, the Entity List, to automatically include subsidiaries owned 50 percent or more by any company already on the blacklist. This pivotal new rule, issued today, September 29, 2025, is

Trade Tariffs

Global Trade Under Siege: U.S. Tariff Escalation Ignites Economic Fears

August 2025 has marked a significant turning point in global trade, as the United States enacted a sweeping escalation of trade tariffs, sending shockwaves through international markets and prompting fears of a full-blown global trade war. These aggressive measures, driven by a complex web of economic and geopolitical rationales, have