China restricts exports on essential minerals as leverage with the West

China is restricting exports on some of its vast supplies of critical minerals, used in the production of advanced technologies. These minerals are essential for making advanced technology including smartphones, semiconductors, lithium batteries, laptops and electric vehicles. It’s part of a global competition for resources, and has led to fears in some sectors about rising prices. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/how-china-is-using-its-power-over-minerals-we-need-for-every-day-technology-as-leverage-with-the-west-13240360 #skynews #china SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skynews For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news/id316391924?mt=8 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&hl=en_GB Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ For analysis of world events, tap here for The World With Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim: https://podfollow.com/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales