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China's Commerce Minister to Discuss Rare Earth Export Tensions

10/22/2025

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Wang Wentao, China's commerce minister, accepted an urgent invitation to Brussels from EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic.
The meeting will address restrictions on rare earth exports, vital for high-tech manufacturing such as fighter jets and electric vehicles.
The EU seeks to ease tensions after the Netherlands’ takeover of chipmaker Nexperia.
Sefcovic called the export restrictions unjustified and harmful and urged urgent solutions in talks with Wang.

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Wang Wentao, China's commerce minister, accepted an urgent invitation to Brussels from EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic.
The meeting will address restrictions on rare earth exports, vital for high-tech manufacturing such as fighter jets and electric vehicles.
The EU seeks to ease tensions after the Netherlands’ takeover of chipmaker Nexperia.
Sefcovic called the export restrictions unjustified and harmful and urged urgent solutions in talks with Wang.