Keith Bradsher

China has leverage it can use by limiting access to its rare earth supplies, but it does not want to sacrifice its reputation as a…

China produces the entire world’s supply of samarium, a rare earth metal that the United States and its allies need to rebuild inventories of fighter…

Beijing has approved more export licenses for the critical minerals and magnets in recent days, but supplies remain scarce and factories in the West are…

Police, customs officials and spies are reinforcing China’s embargo on the critical minerals that it overwhelmingly controls.

Since early April, China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and other technologies.

The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as China limits crucial supplies.

Beijing has high hopes for its C919 single-aisle jet after years of delay, but the plane depends on engines, avionics and other gear from Western…

Just two-and-a-half weeks after agreeing to suspend tariffs, both countries are using export controls to disrupt each other’s key industries.

European companies operating in China say the market has become increasingly challenging because of weak economic demand and opaque government rules on business.

China’s halt this month on exports of magnets containing heavy rare earth metals has affected Tesla’s plans to manufacture Optimus robots.