China imposed restrictions Monday on exporting two metals that are crucial to parts of the semiconductor, telecommunications, and electric-vehicle industries in an escalation of the country’s tit-for-tat trade war on technology with the US and Europe.
Gallium and germanium, along with their chemical compounds, will be subject to export controls meant to protect Chinese national security starting Aug. 1, China’s Ministry of Commerce said in a statement Monday.
The move comes as China battles for technological dominance in everything from quantum computing to AI and chip manufacturing. The US has taken increasingly aggressive measures to keep China from gaining the …
