China bans exports to US of gallium, germanium, antimony in response to chip sanctions

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/china-bans-exports-gallium-key-high-tech-materials-116399596

34 comments

  1. Now if they would just ban exporting fentanyl we could avoid a big mess

  2. If Trump wants to stop being a dick to Canada we produce both germanium and gallium.

  3. Just… friendly reminder, the economy tanking under Republican governments is by design; only one socioeconomic group makes it out of depressions and recessions better than when they went in

    *Now children, who can tell Ms Frizzle which one it is?*

  6. It’s definitely going to be more expensive to dope semiconductors without that supply.

  7. I’m sure the US will be spinning up antimony mines real soon. 

  8. Can these elements be recycled from discarded electronics?

  9. [lol who could have possibly guessed a trade war with China over rare earth metals would be a bad idea?](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1gnowuf/comment/lwe5zid/)

    I’ll echo my comments from three weeks ago though. Considering the green agenda and 2030 commitments, you won’t “win” a trade war with China before 2030. The time crunch on setting up new supply chains just wont be quick enough.

  10. I predicted this over a decade ago. China is the sole producer of certain rare earth metals that only Canada and China have as resources (discovered). Canada, we need to get digging or we will miss a crucial opportunity.

  11. so it begins, the trade wars have (in a terrible Yoda accent)

  13. “China said in July 2023 it would require exporters to apply for licenses to send to the U.S. the strategically important materials such as gallium and germanium. In August, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said it would restrict exports of antimony, which is used in a wide range of products from batteries to weapons, and impose tighter controls on exports of graphite”.

    Interesting section from the article which I imagine most people haven’t read.

  14. Not really caring about the gallium or antimony but we’d better get the geranium thing squared away before my wife does anything with the garden in the spring…

  17. I’d never heard of antimony until like two days ago. Crazy so much of world is built on things we have no idea exist lol.

  19. Hopefully we take this as a wake up call to get serious on massively investing in alternative sources for inputs to our economy. Ideally domestic but also in friendly countries. The government needs to be directing industrial policy on this as it can be easily weaponized by China.

  20. By all accounts, this is where the world is headed, at least for the next four years. Tariffs on everything, higher prices for everyone. And even after four years and a change of leadership, as we all learned from Covid, prices of goods are sticky and tend to not come down.

  21. The ones that trump isnt able to do til next month?

  24. This vile fuck isn’t even in office yet and he’s already fucking things up. And somehow, his cult still thinks he’s smart.

  26. They ban export of antimony, US hypes export of acrimony!

  27. “Antimony? We don’t need no Chinese anti-money! We’ll just use real American pro-money instead! Ya know, make the dollar great again!”

    — Trump, probably

  31. Thank fuck I just bought the 4070 I wanted last weekend. 

  32. I play a lot of technical modded minecraft and if it’s accurate at all, antimony and gallium are really fucking important.

  34. Just as well nobody is buying cybertrucks since it wont be possible soon!

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