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China Now Halting Shipments of Rare Earth Minerals To US

Posted by timothy on from the not-the-band-rare-earth dept.

blackraven14250 writes with news that China, after putting at least a temporary stop to rare earth exports to Japan, is now doing the same with exports to the US; according to the linked article, this is in response to recent US promises to investigate certain Chinese trade practices.

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  1. Re:Not again... by oldhack · · Score: 0, Troll

    WRONG.

    Revolution might do us some good. It will fuck up China.

    We have less than 400m people in the land. China has got 1.3B.

    We have oil reserve in the land. China's got squat.

    It's premature for China to play hardball with us.

    Obama: Make them PAY.

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  2. Re:US needs China more then China needs US by Apple+Acolyte · · Score: 0, Troll

    Or perhaps America can elect some real leaders who will dismantle the unconstitutional Socialist Entitlement state so that we won't have to depend on foreign powers to buy our debt?

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  3. Re:Not again... by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's not import restrictions that help Germans to export more goods. It's the fact that German manufacturers don't pay VAT on exported goods. That makes them cheaper to overseas customers. Compare this to the burden that American manufacturers have, where the USA still charges them the same amount of tax, whether the goods they produce are exported or sold domestically.

    Nice try, though.

    -jcr

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