China vows to fight crucial WTO raw materials ruling

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Beijing confirms it will fight to keep export limits on raw materials, including rare earths vital to many clean technologies

The on-going row between China and many of its trading partners over the country's use of export quotas to limit shipments of key raw materials and rare earths looks set to escalate, after Beijing confirmed...

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