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China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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[โ€“] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the US will just buy through a trading proxy at a higher cost.

That's basically how the ban on imports of Russian oil is working...

[โ€“] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

There are differences between oil trade and less ubiquitous materials.