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China to restrict rare earth exports exclusively to purpose stated at the time of purchase

Alphavalue / Divacons | China will impose a US-style extraterritoriality system on its rare earth exports, restricting their use exclusively to the purpose stated at the time of purchase. Foreign products incorporating Chinese rare earths will also be subject to these controls (supplying international defence and semiconductor sectors) with penalties that would include supply limitations. With this decision, China is putting pressure on the face-to-face meeting it will hold with…

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Downward revision of payrolls created through March in US to record -911,000 compared to consensus estimate of -680,000

Intermoney | The US labour market took centre stage again on Tuesday with the release of the annual revision of payrolls created through March of this year. Given the unreliability of the data in recent months, the revision provides a clearer picture of the labour market. The new figures showed a downward revision of a record 911,000, suggesting that job creation was much less robust in the year to March…