{"id":138688,"date":"2025-10-19T09:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138688"},"modified":"2025-10-19T09:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T09:53:59","slug":"us-china-tit-for-tat-escalation-is-now-a-feature-not-a-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=138688","title":{"rendered":"US-China tit-for-tat escalation is now a feature, not a bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has expanded export controls on rare earths. The latest move requires foreign buyers to obtain a Chinese export licence and extends controls to foreign-made products that use rare earths or technology from China.<br \/>\nWashington shot back with threats of sweeping tariff hikes. Markets shuddered and supply-chain chiefs braced.<br \/>\nThe stakes are systemic. China wields a chokepoint through its dominance in processing of rare earths and manufacture of magnets; the US wields the world\u2019s most powerful&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3329374\/us-china-tit-tat-escalation-now-feature-not-bug?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBeijing has expanded export controls on rare earths. The latest move requires foreign buyers to obtain a Chinese export licence and extends controls to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138688"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}