EU Challenges China’s Rare-Earth Export Restrictions at WTO
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The European Union joined the U.S. and Japan in challenging China’s export restrictions on raw materials including 17 rare earths used in high-tech products, tungsten and molybdenum.
“China’s restrictions on rare earths and other products violate international trade rules and must be removed,” EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said today in an e-mailed statement. “These measures hurt our producers and consumers in the EU and across the world, including manufacturers of pioneering hi-tech and ‘green’ business applications.”