China Vows ‘Zero Tolerance' for Smuggling of Critical Minerals
At a meeting on Saturday, China's coordination office on export control highlighted recent cases of critical-mineral smuggling involving false declarations and transshipments through third countries, according to the state broadcaster CCTV.
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