In late 2022, in Beijing, officials from several of China’s technology, trade and defence agencies were called to a series of secret meetings with a single purpose: to respond to America’s sweeping restrictions on selling computer chips to Chinese companies.
In July, Beijing announced its response: It imposed restrictions on the exports of gallium and germanium, metals used in the production of a number of strategically important products, including electric vehicles (EVs), microchips and some military weapons systems.
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