[HIGHLIGHTS] "Kommersant": China, in response to the technological blockade, is ready to deprive the West of rare earth metals

China, which is waging a trade war with the United States, has prepared a response to Western sanctions. The country imposed sanctions against the American Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles and Defense Corporation.

Beijing fined the British consulting company Deloitte $ 30.8 million, and also launched an investigation against the US microchip manufacturer Micron Technologies. A retaliatory step could be the imposition of an embargo on the supply of rare earth metals to Western countries needed for the production of batteries for electric vehicles.