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Analysts Anticipate Escalating Tensions as Beijing Imposes Rare Earth Controls, Washington Retaliates

Analysts Anticipate Escalating Tensions as Beijing Imposes Rare Earth Controls, Washington Retaliates

By Olivia Li
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‘It is impossible to believe that China would have taken such an action, but they have,’ U.S. President Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Analysts Anticipate Escalating Tensions as Beijing Imposes Rare Earth Controls, Washington Retaliates

President Donald Trump returns to the White House from a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Washington, on Oct. 10, 2025. Anna Rose Layden /Getty Images

Olivia Li

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President Donald Trump announced the imposition of an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods and export controls on critical software, effective Nov. 1, in direct response to what he called Beijing’s “hostile” escalation by weaponizing rare earth exports.

Olivia Li is a contributor to The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics since 2012.

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