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China grants six-month limit on its ease of rare-earth export licenses - WSJ
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China grants six-month limit on its ease of rare-earth export licenses - WSJ
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2025.06.12 10:02
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The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that China is putting a six-month limit on rare-earth export licenses for US automakers and manufacturers.
China's agreement to temporarily restore rare-earth licenses was one of the key breakthroughs in the latest round of intense trade talks in London. However, the six-month limit shows that both sides still have the tools to easily escalate tensions again.
Market reaction
At the time of press, the AUD/USD pair was up 0.05% on the day at 0.6503.
US-China Trade War FAQs
Generally speaking, a trade war is an economic conflict between two or more countries due to extreme protectionism on one end. It implies the creation of trade barriers, such as tariffs, which result in counter-barriers, escalating import costs, and hence the cost of living.
An economic conflict between the United States (US) and China began early in 2018, when President Donald Trump set trade barriers on China, claiming unfair commercial practices and intellectual property theft from the Asian giant. China took retaliatory action, imposing tariffs on multiple US goods, such as automobiles and soybeans. Tensions escalated until the two countries signed the US-China Phase One trade deal in January 2020. The agreement required structural reforms and other changes to China's economic and trade regime and pretended to restore stability and trust between the two nations. However, the Coronavirus pandemic took the focus out of the conflict. Yet, it is worth mentioning that President Joe Biden, who took office after Trump, kept tariffs in place and even added some additional levies.
The return of Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th US President has sparked a fresh wave of tensions between the two countries. During the 2024 election campaign, Trump pledged to impose 60% tariffs on China once he returned to office, which he did on January 20, 2025. With Trump back, the US-China trade war is meant to resume where it was left, with tit-for-tat policies affecting the global economic landscape amid disruptions in global supply chains, resulting in a reduction in spending, particularly investment, and directly feeding into the Consumer Price Index inflation.
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