Beijing is tightening its grip on cutting-edge Chinese technology, aiming to keep critical knowhow within its borders as trade tensions with the US and Europe escalate.
Chinese authorities in recent months have made it more difficult for some engineers and equipment to leave the country, proposed new export controls to retain key battery technologies, and moved to restrict technologies for processing critical minerals, according to multiple industry figures and ministry notices.
The country’s safeguarding of leading technologies comes amid added tariffs from US President Donald Trump and a trade row with Europe over cars, which threaten to spur more local and foreign groups to move production elsewhere.
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