China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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    the US will just buy through a trading proxy at a higher cost.

    That’s basically how the ban on imports of Russian oil is working…

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      There are differences between oil trade and less ubiquitous materials.