China Comments on its Rare Earth Export Control Policy
GOV.cn reported on August 29, 2010 that Commerce Minister Chen Deming is defending China's policy on rare earth export control, stating that it will assist in protecting the environment. "Mass-extraction of rare earth will cause great damage to the environment,…
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that's why China has tightened controls over rare earth production, exploration and trade, " Chen told media during the third China-Japan high-level economic dialogue. He added that what China had done was also consistent with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).