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Beijing ups the ante with broadest critical mineral export controls yet

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Beijing has further expanded mineral export controls in retaliation against US tariffs.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) added the following items to the country's Dual-use Item Export Control List:

Tungsten (including tungsten oxide, tungsten carbide, and myriad solid tungsten product...