Softer words, harder policy: EU recalibrates on China as it seeks rare earths breakthrough

View: Source Under pressure from Beijing’s chokehold on rare earths and the simmering feud over chipmaker Nexperia, EU officials have been asked to tone down their public rhetoric on Beijing, even as the bloc moves forward aggressively with its de-risking plans. Brussels is in “de-escalation mode”, several official sources confirmed, as it looks to convince China to issue more licences for the export …

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Yttrium is Latest Rare Earth Concern as Global Supplies Fall

View: Source Traders report a ‘scramble’ for yttrium, used in chips and jet engines; prices have soared 4,400% this year and China has sent no yttrium to the US since April. Another rare earth crisis may be looming as global supplies of the element yttrium have sunk due to China’s export restrictions. The price of yttrium has shot up by 4,400% …

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China and Germany agree to seek closer commercial ties, end trade tensions

View: Source China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng and German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil agreed on Monday that the two countries should strengthen commercial ties and bring an end to months of trade tensions between the world’s second- and third-largest economies. Klingbeil met He in Beijing on the first visit to China by a minister from Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government. Ties between …

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