Brussels, 15/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - While the EU, the United States and Japan have filed a joint complaint with the WTO against restrictions on exports of rare earths from China, the latter, in its defence, continues to fall back on environmental considerations.
Chinese restrictions to exports of rare earths are justified and in line with WTO rules, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Trade told the press on Thursday 15 March. Cited by the Chinese press, Shen Danyang explained that...