U.S. trade dispute with China over rare earth elements

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The U.S. government has brought a new trade case against China over rare earth elements (REE) as well as tungsten and molybdenum, President Barack Obama announced on 13 March. Japan and the European Union also have taken similar actions against China about REEs, which are a group of 17 chemically similar metallic elements that are used in a variety of electronic, optical, magnetic, and catalytic applications. REEs are plentiful in the Earth's crust, although China currently has about 37% of the world's reserves and accounts for more than 95% of the world's production of the elements, according to the British Geological Survey. The United States has requested consultations with China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning “China's unfair export restraints on rare earths, as well as tungsten and molybdenum,” the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced in a 13 March statement.

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Showstack, R. (2012). U.S. trade dispute with China over rare earth elements. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 93(13), 134–135. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012eo130002

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