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Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/supply-chain/exc…

Exclusive: China slows exports of key optical, aerospace metals to Taiwan
Germanium- and quartz-based materials as well as some magnets affected, sources say

Since China offered a truce in the trade war last October following its threat to deprive the United States of rare-earth magnets,
the Trump administration has been happy to stop escalating.
After all, imports from China have been falling, down by 40% in the year to June, compared with the same period in 2024.
Best to declare victory and call it a day.
But the US hasn’t won this battle
– and there’s strong evidence to show it’s afraid to really try.
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Is the US actually too chicken to take on China for trade?
A weak yuan guarantees Beijing massive trade surplus even as the White House tries tamp down on Chinese imports

searching my link log for something else, i found http://www.amasci.com/maglev/levtr1.html which i saved over 20 years ago
a tale of magical levitating magnets, useless patents, and scummy grifters
i had a levitron ages ago, a fun but tricky desk toy

Trump, 80, Unravels in Weird 'Magnets' Rant (Will Neal/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-80-tells-defense-contractors-to-do-magnets-weeks-after-donald-trump-jr-bought-magnet-stakes/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260716/p33#a260716p33

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