China pushes for export control of battery and rare metal-related technologies

China pushes for export controls on battery parts manufacturing and rare metal processing technologies.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced a plan to adjust the list of technologies subject to export bans or restrictions and announced that it would receive public comments by the 1st of next month.

The list added technology for manufacturing battery anode materials, some technologies and processes for extracting lithium and gallium, which are rare metals.

This comes a month after the announcement of a ban on U.S. exports of dual-use items such as gallium, germanium and antimony on April 3.

Earlier, China's Commerce Department announced measures to ban its companies from exporting military and civilian dual-use goods to 28 U.S. defense companies, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which sold weapons to Taiwan.