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China to restrict exports of rare earth elements

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China has announced plans to reduce the amount of rare earth elements that it exports.

Dr Richard Pike, of the Royal Society of Chemistry and Mark Leonard, of the European Council on Foreign Relations, debate China's true intentions.


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