# US, Japanese officials discussed China’s yttrium curbs ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, document shows

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- Reuters, 2026-09-24 10:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-japanese-officials-discussed-chinas-yttrium-curbs-ahead-trump-xi-meeting-2026-09-24/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ab4f82c29ff15000114ebe9

> U.S. and Japanese government and company officials met two weeks before Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss supply bottlenecks affecting access to yttrium from China, according to a document seen by Reuters. The rare earth metal is vital to aerospace and chipmaking.

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