China has imposed a ban on exporting certain crucial minerals to the United States, the latest development in a growing pattern of reciprocal trade restrictions between the globe’s two leading economic powers.
China has unambiguously breached a new threshold in the protracted trade war by deliberately constraining supplies of strategically vital components to the semiconductor, security, and electric vehicle industries, rather than merely imposing restrictions.
While targeting specific minerals, the move deliberately avoids crippling any industries, allowing China a significant arsenal with which to exact greater economic pain should the incoming Trump administration introduce further trade restrictions. .
Later this month, MIT Technology Review will release its 2025 list of the Top 10 Breakthrough Technologies. Each year, our newsroom is abuzz with excitement as we track developments in the fields of applied sciences that are on the cusp of significant breakthroughs. .
Notwithstanding the deliberations, we ultimately decided against including the following three applied sciences in our 2025 listing: Although these nominees didn’t make the cut this year, they’re still worth keeping track of. .
