G7 agrees to keep united front on China export controls, diversify suppliers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Group of Seven finance ministers agreed to keep a united front and coordinate their short-term response to China's export controls on rare earths and to diversify suppliers, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said on Thursday. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, Dombrovskis said China now dominated the global supply chains for rare earths with 80-90% of them coming from China. "It was clear that G7 partners h ...