China tightens export curbs on some battery applied sciences
by AFP Employees Writers
Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2025
China tightened export restrictions on sure battery supplies applied sciences on Tuesday, as Beijing pulls forward within the emergent sector regardless of its commerce conflict with america.
The 2 financial superpowers have traded barbs this yr over export curbs, with Washington notably elevating the edge for promoting high-end semiconductors to China.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has additionally accused Beijing of hindering exports of uncommon earths in retaliation in opposition to sweeping tariffs it imposed on Chinese language items.
Beijing’s commerce ministry introduced on Tuesday a number of changes to an inventory of applied sciences topic to export curbs.
It marked as “restricted” a expertise for getting ready battery cathode supplies, which means it can’t be exported with out particular permission.
The ministry additionally added 5 extra “management factors” to an already-restricted non-ferrous metallurgy expertise concerned in lithium mining and refining.
“This adjustment… is geared toward safeguarding nationwide financial safety and growth pursuits, and selling worldwide financial and technological cooperation,” the ministry mentioned.
China leads the world within the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries used to energy electrical automobiles — one other sector during which it’s a main participant.
Its alleged soft-pedalling on exports of uncommon earths — essential supplies for making electronics and different items — got here as america ramped up restrictions on the export of cutting-edge synthetic intelligence (AI) chips to China.
Beijing obtained a modest increase on that entrance on Tuesday when US tech large Nvidia mentioned it anticipated to be granted a licence to promote one in all its less-powerful AI chips to the Asian nation.
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