BEIJING -- China's top legislature on Saturday passed a law on export control, allowing the government to ban exports of strategic materials and advanced technology to specific foreign companies on its equivalent of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List.
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China passes export control law with potential for rare-earths ban
Legislation empowers government to cast wide net on foreign companies
Containers wait to be shipped in China's Dalian port. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)
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