China's rare-earths shock: 5 things to know about the latest curbs

Tech manufacturers are braced for disruption but non-China producers could get a boost

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China's sweeping new restrictions on the export of rare earths and products containing them have sent shock waves through global industry. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP)

WATARU SUZUKI, SHAUN TURTON and LAULY LI

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY/TAIPEI -- China's new export controls on rare earths, lithium-ion batteries and synthetic diamonds have shocked governments and companies around the world, with many seeing them as likely to reignite tensions with Washington ahead of an expected meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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