China tightens export restrictions on rare earth items, materials

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Announcement No. 62 restricts the export of technologies related to rare earth mining, smelting, separation and other related processes as well as the assembly, debugging, maintenance and repair of related production lines.
51% : The announcement came a day after U.S. lawmakers calling for more stringent restrictions on the export of chipmaking equipment after finding that U.S. and allied-nation companies have made tens of billions of dollars from selling semiconductor-related equipment to Beijing state-owned and military-linked companies.
47% : Oct. 9 (UPI) -- China tightened export restrictions on rare earth-related items and materials, which are used in high-tech and dual-use products, on Thursday to safeguard national security and interests by preventing them from ending up in the hands of foreign militaries, Beijing said.

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