China has stopped exporting chemicals like sulfuric acid and fertilizers that would earn dollars, as part of a comprehensive strategy to avoid dollar accumulation and force other nations to process their own ores, accelerating China's positioning as the global refiner of non-ferrous metals.
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Alister MacleodEvidence Quote
“She's also stopping exports of various other things which would earn her dollars like um sulfuric acid like fertilizers...she's going to hang on to her sulfuric acid um which is vital in the processing...I think that the um imports of these non-ferris metal ores will increase [7:22-46:11]”
Created: 7/13/2026, 8:49:27 PM
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