Tag: Export Restrictions

  • Beijing Hits EU

    China bans dual-use exports to Rheinmetall and 13 other European entities in a swift, list-for-list reprisal against the EU’s 21st Russia sanctions package, pulling rare earths, photonics and defence supply chains deeper into a widening trade confrontation. BEIJING, July 26, 2026. Two days after China’s Ministry of Commerce placed 14 European Union entities on its…

  • Helium Halt

    Beijing pauses helium exports to shield chipmakers and hospitals from a global shortage, while MOFCOM promises to recalibrate the ban as supply and demand shift. BEIJING, July 16, 2026: China’s Ministry of Commerce moved on Thursday to steady a nervous global gas market, saying it will adjust its newly imposed export controls on helium in…