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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

In 2010, China restricted exports of rare earth elements to Japan following a territorial dispute, sending prices soaring and Japan scrambling to find alternative sources. Industries impacted include semiconductors, high-tech, automotive, aerospace, and telecommunications. Which Industries Will Be Impacted?

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Commodities Used in Electric Car Batteries: An Update on Lithium and Nickel

Resilinc

High-temperature alloys, created primarily using cobalt, are essential for advanced technologies like semiconductor fabrication, electric vehicle batteries, and aerospace products. Cobalt is a crucial element in the high-tech industry due to its unique properties and versatile applications.

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How Arena Helps Nascent UAM Industry Take Flight

Arena Solutions

In the Asian market, the Jeju Island in South Korea recently announced that tourists will be able to hop on a UAM or air taxi to shuttle to major tourist spots using coastal routes between three heavily frequented locations in Jeju by 2025. A new flight path on the horizon with PLM and QMS solutions.

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Global Trade and Decoupling from China

Enterra Insights

Trade might not be the source of that inequality — the increasingly regressive nature of the US tax code looks a more obvious culprit — but the timing has created the perception that it’s a bad thing for less well off people.” ” With so many jobs heading to China, China quickly became a target for U.S. ”[4]. .”[6]

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