NinjaZ to World [email protected]English • 11 days agoChina has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defensefortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina has stopped exporting rare earths to everyone, not just the U.S., cutting off critical materials for tech, autos, aerospace, and defensefortune.comNinjaZ to World [email protected]English • 11 days agomessage-square54fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarems.lanelinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 days ago but why include Japan and Germany in this? To stop US companies routing shipments through Germany and Japan.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•10 days agoPrecisely this. You route a shipment to an un-tarriffed/un-embargoed country, usually to a shell company or something, and then ship it to wherever using THAT country as the country of origin. It’s a pretty common way of avoiding arms embargoes.
To stop US companies routing shipments through Germany and Japan.
Precisely this. You route a shipment to an un-tarriffed/un-embargoed country, usually to a shell company or something, and then ship it to wherever using THAT country as the country of origin. It’s a pretty common way of avoiding arms embargoes.