China's rare earth export controls bite: gallium exports near zero, prices up 365% through 2025

        May 5, 2026

China's rare earth export controls bite: gallium exports near zero, prices up 365% through 2025

                X-Risk Daily

                Tuesday 05 May 2026

Transformative AI

China's rare earth export controls bite: gallium exports near zero, prices up 365% through 2025

China's mineral export controls, first imposed in 2023, have hardened into an effective economic blockade through 2025, with price shocks reverberating across semiconductor, defence, and clean energy supply chains.

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