Embargoes and Sanctions

How China Took Over the World’s Rare Earths Industry

China seized mines and built factories. Japan took note and invested in Australia. But the United States did little despite concerns about control of supplies.

By Keith Bradsher

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China Halts Critical Rare Earth Exports as Trade War Intensifies

Beijing has suspended exports of certain rare earth minerals and magnets that are crucial for the world’s car, semiconductor and aerospace industries.

By Keith Bradsher

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Trump’s Threatened Tariff on Buyers of Venezuelan Oil Could Squeeze China

Venezuela owes China’s banks about $10 billion, and its oil is about the only legal way it has to pay them back.

By Keith Bradsher

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Trump Threatens Tariffs Against Countries That Buy Venezuelan Oil

The president threatened to wield tariffs like financial sanctions, saying that countries that buy Venezuelan oil would see tariffs put on their exports to the United States.

By Ana Swanson Rebecca F. Elliott and Alan Rappeport