NinjaZ@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months 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-square47fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1394arrow-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@infosec.pub to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square47fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up103·3 months ago but why include Japan and Germany in this? To stop US companies routing shipments through Germany and Japan.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·3 months 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.