US & China
China Dials Up US Trade Tension With Tit-for-Tat Metals Ban
- Beijing bans exports of germanium, gallium to American market
- US is assessing the new restrictions, considering mitigations
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China ratcheted up trade tensions with the US with a ban on several materials with high-tech and military applications, in a tit-for-tat move after President Joe Biden’s government escalated technology curbs on Beijing.