Brussels, 18/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - In addition to the export restrictions imposed by China on rare earths, Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has warned of the systemic risk of a lack of raw materials.
The lack of raw materials has become a systemic risk for the whole global economy, De Gucht said in Brussels at a hearing organised by the EPP Group in the European Parliament on Thursday 18 November. “No country possesses all the raw materials it needs. Everybody is affected as this is...