There are no export restrictions on the export of items actually made from rare earths.
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None of these companies have to deal with the types of export restrictions facing American firms.
Examples discussed included export restrictions in China on rare earth metals and in Indonesia on palm oil.
But beyond those export restrictions, the company leaves it up to its customers to adhere to local laws.
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And, simultaneously, by artificially increasing domestic supply, the same export restrictions advantage Chinese manufacturing consumers of those materials.
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The growth of unilateral trade measures, notably export restrictions, was also a key topic of discussion at the symposium.
Other producers say U.S. export restrictions have forced them out of the business.
Last year China argued that its export restrictions were needed to protect the environment, conserve supplies and meet domestic demand.
Apple, however, is working toward getting the U.S. authorities to lift the export restrictions to the listed countries, he said.
The technology became the subject of a controversy when it spread beyond U.S. borders and raised questions of export restrictions.
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Furthermore, one of the manufacturers identified in the legal action said it did not oppose the government imposing export restrictions.
Panicked by rising food prices in 2007, more than 30 governments, from Ukraine to China, introduced export restrictions for farm produce.
The disciplines we have on export restrictions are still much shallower.
The reasons for the export restrictions may be to support infant industries and local consumers, but what are the implications for sustainable development in other countries?
To bring the apps to Egypt, Whisper Systems had to redesign parts of its VoIP protocol and negotiate the bureaucracy of U.S. export restrictions on encryption.
Export restrictions also exacerbate the rise of global food prices.
Though the WTO has for the most part focused on reducing import restrictions, over the last decade there has been a growth in the use of unilateral export restrictions.
Muller-Maguhn noted that unlike the U.S., which imposes export restrictions on strong encryption, Germany has politicians who listened to advice from the hacker community and chose not to impose similar controls.
As soon as it was brought to the attention of the Export Control Organisation and Lord Mandelson we acted urgently to put in place export restrictions which will come into force next week.
The Romanian President Traian Basescu has warned that his country could face potential export restrictions and lose credibility "for many years" if his country's butchers are revealed to be the root of the problem.
For the moment, there is a discussion about export restriction in agriculture, but not with the ambition of putting the disciplines we have on export restrictions on par with restrictions we have on import restrictions.
As a sign of how quickly hackles can rise, take the reaction to a sensible-sounding plan by the Clinton administration to speed the approval of military-equipment sales to favoured allies who are prepared to match America's defence-export restrictions.
He also argues that this week's move can be seen as an effort to foster more trade (as there surely would be if China were to ease its export restrictions) at a time when trade is in a great deal of trouble.
China also announced restrictions on export quotas, and an internal movement to shut down smaller and environmentally problematic mines.
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Across Asia, restrictions on the export of rice have helped increase its cost on world markets by about 75%.
For example, some Western nations do not have the legal ability to impose restrictions on the export of missile technologies -- unless such technologies are controlled multilaterally by COCOM.
European veterinary experts have lifted some of the restrictions on the export of live pigs from East Anglia, despite the confirmation of a new case of swine fever in Norfolk.
For the restrictions are on the export of rare earths as rare earths.
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So we are going to be scouring federal regulations, restrictions, et cetera that are inhibiting export growth.
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