ICYMI: German Econ Minister Habeck says China limiting lithium supply would be a problem

Greg had the breaking on Monday:

• China restricts export of metals used in high performance chips

And Adam with what comes next:

• China expected to intensify retaliatory chip measures. Lithium curbs are the fear.

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has sounded the alarm bell already:

• said the government in Berlin must “learn the lesson from recent years in terms of what a certain sovereignty in production, energy and economic security really means.” “You probably saw today that China is really starting to up the ante regarding two types of metal,” Habeck said at a chemicals industry lobby conference. “If that happens with lithium or something similar then we really have a different kind of problem,” he warned.

Link here for a little more.

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