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China extends pause on new rare earth export controls until Jan 10
China has extended its pause on new export controls for two months, until Jan 10.
The controls cover certain rare earths, as well as some industrial diamonds and lithium battery technology.
China introduced controls in 2025 and widened them later that year, before pausing the measures after a summit between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.
The extension is part of wider trade negotiations between China and the United States over a lasting deal.
The pause matters because it keeps those controls from taking effect while the two countries negotiate.
Trump is due to visit Shenzhen later in November for an APEC leaders summit, where he is expected to meet Xi.
China extended its pause on new rare earth export controls for two months, until Jan 10.
The Ministry of Commerce announced the extension on Nov 9 and gave no other details.
The pause preserves part of a wider deal reached after a summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
China’s export controls on certain rare earths were introduced in April 2025 and expanded in October that year.
The extension is part of a broader suspension of Chinese trade countermeasures and tariffs as Beijing negotiates with Washington.
Trump was due to travel to Shenzhen later in November for an APEC leaders summit, where he was expected to meet Xi.
- Who
- China’s Ministry of Commerce announced the extension.
- What
- China extended the pause on new rare earth export controls for two months, until Jan 10.
- When
- Nov 9; the extended pause runs until Jan 10.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- The extension is part of a broader suspension of trade countermeasures and tariffs as China negotiates with the United States over a trade deal.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
China introduced export controls on certain rare earths.
China expanded the controls and added measures on certain industrial diamonds and lithium battery technology.
China paused the measures for one year after a summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump in South Korea.
China announced a two-month extension of the pause, until Jan 10.
Trump was set to travel to Shenzhen for an APEC leaders summit, where he was expected to meet Xi.
- Extension
- Two months, until Jan 10
- Announcement
- Nov 9
- Rare earth controls introduced
- April 2025
- Controls expanded
- October 2025
- Earlier pause
- One year from November 2025
- Expected meeting
- Trump and Xi at an APEC leaders summit in Shenzhen