US asks China to resume rare-earth exports to Japan
From left: Chinese President Xi Jinping, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Washington is increasingly concerned about Beijing’s ban on rare-earth exports to Japan. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has asked China to resume rare-earth exports to Japan, as Washington is increasingly concerned about dwindling global supply of Japanese high-tech products made using the critical elements, Nikkei has learned.
