This sounds like it might be a form of retaliation against the Biden Administration’s CHIPS Act. The problem China faces going forward; while this might cause some disruption in the short term, this is not a good long-term strategy, as it will drive up production or rare-earth materials in other parts of the world.<p>That is already happening here in Australia, where the number of rare-earth miners listing on the ASX stock exchange has gone through the roof, and many of them are making healthy profits.