TOKYO/SEOUL -- Electric vehicle makers are bracing for Chinese export curbs on graphite, a key material in EV batteries, to begin on Friday.
The restrictions require a license for export of some synthetic and natural graphite, of which China is by far the world's biggest supplier. The move is widely seen as a response to U.S. controls on shipments of cutting-edge chips and chip equipment to China, as Washington attempts to curtail Beijing's efforts to develop its own advanced semiconductor industry.
