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  • Two Can Play The Sanctions Game ...

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@[email protected] to comp.misc on Tue Oct 20 01:24:48 2026
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    China has found an interesting way to retaliate against sanctions
    imposed on one of its companies accused of helping Russia fight
    Ukraine: it found a small European company dependent on access to
    rare-earth elements exported from China, which in turn is a crucial
    supplier to major manufacturer of chipmaking equipment ASML, and put
    the screws on that.

    Result: the Europeans have agreed a deal to drop those particular
    sanctions <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/eu-negotiates-sanction-swap-with-china-to-rescue-critical-asml-supplier-german-coatings-firm-faces-shutdown-without-chinese-rare-earths>.

    I don’t think even the current US leadership has managed any move that
    was just as cleverly strategic ...
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  • From Nuno Silva@[email protected] to comp.misc on Tue Oct 20 02:54:37 2026
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    On 2026-10-20, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

    China has found an interesting way to retaliate against sanctions
    imposed on one of its companies accused of helping Russia fight
    Ukraine: it found a small European company dependent on access to
    rare-earth elements exported from China, which in turn is a crucial
    supplier to major manufacturer of chipmaking equipment ASML, and put
    the screws on that.

    Result: the Europeans have agreed a deal to drop those particular
    sanctions <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/eu-negotiates-sanction-swap-with-china-to-rescue-critical-asml-supplier-german-coatings-firm-faces-shutdown-without-chinese-rare-earths>.

    I don’t think even the current US leadership has managed any move that
    was just as cleverly strategic ...

    "current US leadership", "clever" and "strategic"?

    The only clever or strategic thing they've done was scheduling Katie
    Zacharia's inauguration and firing to coincide with a week during which
    The Daily Show was on break/recess.
    --
    Nuno Silva
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  • From not@[email protected] (Computer Nerd Kev) to comp.misc on Wed Oct 21 07:29:58 2026
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    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
    China has found an interesting way to retaliate against sanctions
    imposed on one of its companies accused of helping Russia fight
    Ukraine: it found a small European company dependent on access to
    rare-earth elements exported from China, which in turn is a crucial
    supplier to major manufacturer of chipmaking equipment ASML, and put
    the screws on that.

    Result: the Europeans have agreed a deal to drop those particular
    sanctions <https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/eu-negotiates-sanction-swap-with-china-to-rescue-critical-asml-supplier-german-coatings-firm-faces-shutdown-without-chinese-rare-earths>.

    It's not that different to countries banning (or of course,
    blocking) oil exports for political leverage. But it shows there's
    a new front in that battle with rare-earth metals.

    I don't think even the current US leadership has managed any move that
    was just as cleverly strategic ...

    Except that now affected governments will fund alternative sources
    of rare-earth production, exploration, and maybe recycling. So in
    the long-term China might have more competition in this industry as
    a result. Except that they probably hope they'll be making most of
    the world's ICs themselves soon anyway.
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