China keeps hold on rare earth metals after lifting some U.S. export curbs

Chinese FM responds to whether China plans to remove or adjust rare earths export controls

When asked to comment on whether China plans to remove or adjust rare earths export controls as US trade representative Jamieson Greer told US media that China has agreed to roll back post-April 2 export control measures including export controls on rare earths and magnets, and that China has announced revisions to several non-tariff countermeasures while making no changes to the rare earth export controls, Chinese FM spokesperson Lin Jian said …

China keeps hold on rare earth metals after lifting some U.S. export curbs

China's lifting of export controls on 28 U.S. firms was part of a preliminary 90-day tariff pause.

China lifts export controls for 28 U.S. companies, but not key rare earths

The move comes days after the U.S.-China trade deal was announced, significantly de-escalating the tariff war that has roiled the global economy.

China retains rare earth export controls as bargaining chip amid trade war truce with US

It dominates the rare earth supply chain, and processes some 90 per cent of the global supply. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Ministry of Trade in China announced, on Wednesday evening, the temporary suspension of some of the non-tariff measures taken against 17 US entities which were added to the list of non-insurgent entities in April and 28 additional entities on the export control list, transmitted to the EEE, quoted by Agerpres.

China has suspended export restrictions on 28 US companies for 90 days, under a deal reached with the Trump administration in Geneva, but the rare earth "golden ring" remains in place.