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Trump to Hit China With Additional 100% Tariff, Citing Restrictions on Rare-Earth Elements

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2h

President Trump said Friday he would hit China with a 100% additional tariff and impose new export controls on critical software products www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The president also said he would impose new export controls on critical software products in response to Beijing’s moves.

The World’s Chip Supply Chain Is Bracing for Fallout From China’s Rare-Earth Curbs

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 10h

Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Businesses across the global semiconductor supply chain are bracing themselves for disruptions from China’s most targeted move yet to limit their supplies of rare-earth materials, which are critical t...

Trump Threatens New China Tariffs, Sees ‘No Reason’ to Meet Xi

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 10h

Trump threatened a “massive increase” of tariffs on goods from China and to cancel an upcoming meeting with the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, citing recent “hostile” export controls Beijing placed on rare-earth minerals www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US President Donald Trump threatened a “massive increase” of tariffs on goods from China and to cancel an upcoming meeting with the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, citing recent “hostile” export control...

New mock Taiwan government buildings spotted at mainland Chinese military base

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 18h

Beijing has built more structures resembling Taiwan’s key government buildings at its military base in Inner Mongolia, according to satellite images obtained by a Japanese think tank, a move that suggests more systematic training for a potential conflict
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Japanese media report says simulated Taiwanese government compound for training PLA soldiers has expanded nearly threefold since 2020.

China’s Rare-Earth Escalation Threatens Trade Talks—and the Global Economy

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d

China’s newest restrictions on rare-earth materials would mark a nearly unprecedented export control that stands to disrupt the global economy, giving Beijing more leverage in trade negotiations and ratcheting up pressure on the Trump administration to respond www.wsj.com/world/china/...

President Trump says the administration is weighing a U.S. response to Beijing’s newest restrictions.

China’s New Rare Earth and Magnet Restrictions Threaten U.S. Defense Supply Chains

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d

The review process gives Chinese authorities significant discretion to delay, deny, or condition exports, effectively introducing a new layer of strategic control over the global supply of rare earth inputs critical to computing and defense technologies www.csis.org/analysis/chi...

China has imposed its most stringent rare earth and magnet export controls yet, restricting products with even trace Chinese content. This bolsters its leverage ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting and heigh...

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China Widens Rare Earth Curbs Ahead of Key Xi-Trump Meeting

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d

While it’s unclear how Beijing plans to enforce the rules, they mark an escalation in China’s campaign to wield extraterritorial controls. The curbs mirror Washington’s own export regime, which bans Chinese companies from accessing cutting-edge chips and tools www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China has unveiled broad new curbs on its exports of rare earths and other critical materials, as Beijing moves to shore up its trade war leverage ahead of a high-stakes meeting this month between Don...

European parliament renews its call on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped 10 years ago

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d

European parliament calls on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped 10 years ago
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes a resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 9 October 2025, calling on China to release Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, who was kidnapped by Chinese agent...

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 1d

Beijing has announced sanctions on a slew of Western companies and institutions in the defence sector and a leading semiconductor data analysis provider, marking its latest salvo amid ongoing trade tensions with the United States
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Developing | China sanctions US defence firms, chip data provider in latest curbs

Beijing targets 14 entities, most of them based in the US, on the same day it imposed new rare earth export controls.

How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2d

Chinese military exercises around Taiwan have sparked an urgent effort in Taipei and Washington to address a critical vulnerability on the island: It is almost entirely dependent on imported fuel www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

A Chinese blockade would quickly deplete resources on an island that depends on imported fuel.

Addressing a Resurgent China: A New Mindset for Strategic Competition • Stimson Center

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2d

„China’s principal competitive challenge to the United States is not military, economic, or diplomatic, but psychological“ www.stimson.org/2025/address...

Can either China or the U.S. “win” strategic competition?

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2d

China tightened its control over critical minerals used to make high-tech products including electric vehicles and jet fighters, threatening to reignite trade tensions with the U.S. ahead of an expected meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

China Tightens Grip on Rare Earths Ahead of Expected Trump-Xi Meeting

Foreign organizations and individuals must now obtain a dual-use export license from China’s Ministry of Commerce before exporting rare-earth products, technologies, or other dual-use items.

China unveils ‘major upgrade’ to rare earth controls ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2d

China’s restrictions covering the export of technologies related to rare earth mining, smelting and separation, magnetic material manufacturing, as well as the use and recycling of rare earth secondary resources will take effect immediately
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The wider restrictions will give Beijing greater leverage in coming negotiations with the US, analysts said.

How China Threatens to Force Taiwan Into a Total Blackout

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 2d

A Chinese blockade would quickly cripple the island’s ability to produce electricity. Some 97% of Taiwan’s energy is imported by sea. If completely cut off, its LNG inventory would be fully depleted within days, crippling the ability to produce electricity www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

A Chinese blockade would quickly deplete resources on an island that depends on imported fuel.

Cheer Up, or Else: China Cracks Down on the Haters and Cynics

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 3d

Cheer Up, or Else: As China struggles with economic discontent, internet censors are silencing those who voice doubts about work, marriage, or simply sigh too loudly online www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 3d

„Trump hat das tatsächliche Kräfteverhältnis bei den Verhandlungen völlig falsch eingeschätzt.“ Meine Analyse für ⁦‪@Table.Media über US-Sojabohnen als Chinas Waffe im Handelskrieg table.media/china/thema-...

Handelskrieg: US-Bauern verkaufen nicht die Bohne

China spielt einen Trumpf im Handelskrieg und bringt amerikanische Sojabohnen-Bauern in Not. Das Druckmittel aus Peking kommt keineswegs überraschend.

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 3d

A wargame to take Taiwan, from China’s perspective - and a surprise result: „The United States prepares for the war it can fight or prefers to fight, not the one China expects to win.“ warontherocks.com/2025/10/a-wa...

A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective

In August 2025, 25 international experts gathered at Syracuse University to do something unusual: plan China's invasion of Taiwan. For two days,

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 3d

“I’m going to do some farm stuff this week.“ Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Trump to Unveil Farmer Aid as China Shuns U.S. Crops

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 3d

For decades, the U.S. business community was the loudest voice for engagement with China. That it is now leading the call for a tougher line isn’t just a shift in lobbying strategy—it's a verdict on two decades of Beijing's broken promises wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-gehljy...

WSJ China: A Playbook for Negotiations With Beijing

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 4d

"The challenge extends beyond merely annexing Taiwan. Once Taiwan is annexed, China will gain greater strength to compete with the United States on the international stage, undermining the rules-based international order“ www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 4d

“We are in the process of rethinking our China strategy“ www.gmfus.org/news/watchin...

Watching China in Europe—October 2025

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Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 4d

How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions: Hidden arrangement secured by prominent Chinese insurer connects Tehran with its biggest customer www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Exclusive | How China Secretly Pays Iran for Oil and Avoids U.S. Sanctions

A hidden funding conduit has deepened economic ties between the two U.S. rivals in defiance of Washington’s efforts to isolate Tehran.

Li Qiang to visit North Korea, most senior Chinese official to do so since 2019

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 4d

Li Qiang to visit North Korea, most senior Chinese official to do so since 2019
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Li will spend three days in Pyongyang and will attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Beijing says.

Is Germany Going to Walk its Tough China Talk?

Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr.bsky.social · 4d

The new German government came into office promising to stand up against China. But the risk remains that it will just talk tough and continue muddling through cepa.org/article/is-g...

After years of appeasement, Berlin’s attitude toward China is hardening. But concrete actions remain elusive.

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