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Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs: Export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium related items

On February 4, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement, announcing the decision to implement export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium related items. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items, in order to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation, with the approval of the State Council, it has been decided to implement export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, indium and other related items.

OptimusLion said:

Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs: Export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium related items

On February 4, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs issued an announcement, announcing the decision to implement export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, and indium related items. In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, and the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items, in order to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation, with the approval of the State Council, it has been decided to implement export controls on tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum, indium and other related items.

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Kek another periodical table export control scheme.

Tariff Commission of the State Council: Additional tariffs on some imported goods originating from the United States

On February 4, the Tariff Commission of the State Council issued an announcement on the additional tariffs on some imported goods originating from the United States.
In accordance with the Tariff Law of the People's Republic of China, the Customs Law of the People's Republic of China, the Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and regulations and basic principles of international law, with the approval of the State Council, from February 10, 2025, additional tariffs will be imposed on some imported goods originating from the United States.

The relevant matters are as follows:
1. A 15% tariff will be imposed on coal and liquefied natural gas.
2. A 10% tariff will be imposed on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars, and pickup trucks.
3. For imported goods listed in the appendix originating from the United States, corresponding tariffs will be levied on the basis of the current applicable tariff rates. The current bonded and tax reduction and exemption policies remain unchanged, and the additional tariffs will not be reduced or exempted.

Google is suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Law, the State Administration for Market Regulation has decided to initiate an investigation in accordance with the law

On February 4, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation, because Google is suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation has initiated an investigation into Google in accordance with the law.

Woah shit
Federal level education department is not that big in the US, but I'm curious what sort of effect this would have.

PVH corp and Illumina Inc sanctioned under China's Unreliable Entity List.

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Google is suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Law, the State Administration for Market Regulation has decided to initiate an investigation in accordance with the law

On February 4, according to the State Administration for Market Regulation, because Google is suspected of violating the Anti-Monopoly Law of the People's Republic of China, the State Administration for Market Regulation has initiated an investigation into Google in accordance with the law.

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Is China finally going after Google's android? Harmony OS is finally able to kick Android to the curb now.

It seems that you will eventually be a targeted by your "own". In this case, a suppose "ranger" targeting a fallen army pilot. As i get older and see the hate targeted towards my own racial group, i can finally understand why some people in some other minority groups would just "Lay Flat and Let It Rot"

I don't think Chinese retaliations to the US tariffs were this swift in the past. They were always considerate to try and negotiate first.

This could be many things, they are more confident now or are finally certain that there is very limited negotiation possibility now.

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I don't think Chinese retaliations to the US tariffs were this swift in the past. They were always considerate to try and negotiate first.

This could be many things, they are more confident now or are finally certain that there is very limited negotiation possibility now.

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Because they know what Trump is like now compared to first time and Trump already showed he's got no good cards in his hand by folding against Canada and Mexico so quickly. So they're like "oh you like to play cards do you? Well let me fill my hands with cards too and we can play".

Also to the people who were worried that CPC would go soft and make deals with Trump re things like TikTok: see don't worry they know what they're doing.

Tungsten I think is particularly important because it has a lot of applications in MIC and is another element that China absolutely dominates in:

Oh boy look at that list, the highest of the Five Eye on the list just happens to be the one they just pissed off bigly.