EU Chief Considering All Options Over China Rare-Earth Threat

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Brussels is considering all options to react to China’s rare-earth threat.

“In recent weeks and months China has dramatically tightened export controls over rare earths and battery materials,” she said at the Berlin Global Dialogue conference on Saturday, adding that this poses a “significant risk.”

In her most explicit comments since China’s announcement earlier this month of plans to restrict rare earth exports, von der Leyen said that in the short term, Brussels was focusing on finding solutions with our Chinese counterparts.

“But we are ready to use all of the instruments ...