President Xi Jinping’s visit last week to a Chinese rare earths company is a sign that Beijing will limit global demand for the minerals. – EPA pic, May 29, 2019.
WASHINGTON’S trade war with Beijing puts it at risk of losing access to China-produced rare earths, which are critical to manufacturing, a commentary in state media said today. The commentary follows President Xi Jinping’s visit last week to a Chinese rare earths company – a move widely read as a threat, after President Donald Trump banned US companies from providing technology to China’s Huawei over concerns the telecom giant’s equipment could be used by Beijing for espionage.
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Does this mean that Malaysia is now in a better position to negotiate the return of radioactive wastes to the country of origin? Or, the development as reported in your tweet has no bearing on the question posed... in that case 😛