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China’s got the world in a rare earth choke hold

BRUSSELS — As Beijing asserts itself amid global trade tensions, it is playing an ace it has kept up its sleeve for decades: control over the flow of minerals Western countries desperately need

Dutch defense minister warns of Chinese spying threat

China is stepping up espionage on Dutch semiconductors, the Netherlands’ Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Saturday. “The semiconductor industry, which we are technologically leading, … to get that intellectual property —

EU to Africa: No more free cash

BRUSSELS — The European Commission wants to extract more value from the foreign aid it offers poor countries under a controversial plan being sketched out in Brussels. The EU executive intends to add

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