{"id":542018,"date":"2025-11-01T12:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/542018\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T12:34:11","slug":"eu-welcomes-pause-in-rare-earth-controls-as-us-china-deal-overshadows-brussels-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/542018\/","title":{"rendered":"EU welcomes pause in rare earth controls as US-China deal overshadows Brussels talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Union welcomed China\u2019s suspension of expanded <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/rare-earths?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">rare earth<\/a> restrictions imposed last month, even as crisis talks in Brussels on Friday appeared to yield no relief for European firms still constrained by the original export controls.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">After a full day of talks in the Belgian capital, the European Commission described the pause in controls \u2013 announced following US-China talks in South Korea on Thursday \u2013 as an \u201cappropriate and responsible step in the context of ensuring stable global trade flows in a critically important area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Commission spokesman Olof Gill said on Saturday that the sides had \u201cdiscussed how to maintain supply chain stability in relation to rare earths and committed to further engage on licensing facilitation measures, including general licences\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But with a string of breakthroughs from Thursday\u2019s summit between Chinese and US leaders already shaping the global trade landscape and Europe\u2019s place in it, the Brussels talks appeared little more than a sideshow.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Earlier on Saturday, Beijing announced that it would consider removing export controls on the Netherlands-based semiconductor maker Nexperia. The controls were imposed after the Dutch government effectively seized control of the Chinese-owned company on September 30.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Media reports, meanwhile, suggested that the White House was preparing to announce that the Dutch arm of Nexperia would resume sending chips to its Chinese processing and testing facility in Dongguan. The move would be welcomed by the global automotive industry, which warned of production shutdowns if supplies remained halted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union welcomed China\u2019s suspension of expanded rare earth restrictions imposed last month, even as crisis talks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[29621,3801,3662,174494,1395,49492,32,174495,2000,299,5187,132268,1699,1216,166325,38166],"class_list":{"0":"post-542018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-agence-france-presse","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-bloomberg","11":"tag-busan","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-chinese-commerce-minister-wang-wentao","14":"tag-donald-trump","15":"tag-dongguan","16":"tag-eu","17":"tag-europe","18":"tag-european","19":"tag-european-automobile-manufacturers-association","20":"tag-european-union","21":"tag-maros-sefcovic","22":"tag-nexperia","23":"tag-rare-earths"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115474469149513028","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}