Why China’s critical mineral strategy goes beyond geopolitics
China leads in exporting critical minerals but faces supply challenges requiring a balanced approach towards resolution, involving geopolitical tensions.
Professor Weihuan Zhou is a recognized expert in the field of international economic law, and co-Director of the China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre at the Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales Sydney. His research explores the most current and controversial issues in the field of international economic law, particularly the nexus between international trade law and China. He has published widely in this field. His latest book, published by the Cambridge University Press, offers one of the first thorough and systemic analysis of China’s ongoing reforms of state-owned enterprises and the ways to tackle China’s state capitalism under the world trading system. His work has been cited widely, including in reports of the European Parliament, the Parliament of Australia, Australia’s Productivity Commission, US Congressional Research Services and World Economic Forum. Dr Zhou sits on the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), and editorial boards of the World Trade Review, the Journal of International Trade Law and Policy and the Journal of WTO and China.
China leads in exporting critical minerals but faces supply challenges requiring a balanced approach towards resolution, involving geopolitical tensions.
在主要出口市场,中国电动汽车行业面临一系列单边贸易限制。中国立即作出回应,采取了一系列强有力的反制措施。世界贸易组织(WTO)诉讼不能为这一全球贸易问题提供系统性的解决方案。
China’s electric vehicles (EV) industry faces a wave of unilateral trade restrictions in major export markets. China has reacted quickly and forcefully.