China and Japan Aren’t Talking. Will Their Rare Earth Trade Go Quiet?

China and Japan aren’t talking. Will their rare earth trade go quiet?

With bilateral relations at a low and Beijing already enacting limited export controls on critical minerals, fears of a broader ban grow.

Beijing Set to Prolong Rare-Earth Curbs, Economic Retaliation Against Tokyo: Analysts

Beijing’s manipulation of uncertainty over rare-earth exports serves as a potent coercive tool against Tokyo, with experts warning of further economic retaliation despite ongoing efforts to reduce dependence. A spokesperson for China’s commerce ministry said at a press conference on May 28 that placing 20 Japanese entities on China’s export control list and another 20 on a watch list was a response to what it alleged was Japan’s “remilitarizatio…