This was all made legal in the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994.
Before that, everythimg required FDA approval, but now if it says “natural” or “not intended to treat any condition” on the side, you can bottle and sell your own piss if you’ve got a good enough sales pitch
Yeah, there are no other countries pumping government money into these industries wink
*long in the tooth
My info is from the article. Your info is from where?
That’s quite a fantasy you’re telling yourself. A huge portion of China’s people’s wealth is wrapped up in real estate, and tens of millions of stalled residential units have already been purchased by the Chinese people, and that money is now gone, taken by the developers.
The IMF recommendation here was “to deploy ‘one-off’ fiscal resources to complete and deliver pre-sold properties or compensate homebuyers.” That would literally be rescuing the Chinese people who were burned by developers. Instead, the Chinese government is supporting the tech and manufacturing industries. Don’t pretend like China is some paradise where the common people aren’t getting fucked
Could also just not use it in your browser either
Honestly it was before a month ago, probably 6-8 weeks ago I saw the first Halloween stuff there. Then it’ll all be completely gone by the end of September and they’ll spend the entire month of October celebrating Christmas
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Despite the headline, from this interview it’s apparent Erdogan’s primary focus is murdering his domestic political opposition
I didn’t give any opinion on OPEC being good or bad, but it’s certainly not some socialist utopia like OP is trying to pretend this is
The US, which is what I assume you’re talking about, has had supply controls on a ton of commodities, so I’m not sure what you’re comparing to here. Just one example among many, the Texas Railroad Commission.
Dude, did you read anything at all that OP wrote above? That China is imposing these restrictions makes economic sense, but OP is celebrating it like some socialist/communist victory over the West lmao
Cutting the mining and refining of rare earth oxides, aka the production of rare earth metals. That’s what this conversation is about…
Xinhua reports (Google translation) that the state will implement a unified plan for the development of the rare earth industry. The aim is to encourage and support the research and development of new technologies, processes, products, and new materials and equipment, it says.
Regulations will be implemented to control the total amount of rare earth mining and smelting. Additionally, Beijing intends to introduce a product traceability system to “strictly manage circulation” of rare earths.
According to Nikkei Asia, underground resources in China already belong to the state, but illegal mining and smelting of rare earth elements is known to happen in the private sector, and it seems that Beijing is keen to tighten its control over them.
It’s in every article about this. The price of rare earth ore in China has dropped precipitously, almost 80% since 2022. China is going to punish unauthorized mining and smelting activity and limit production among authorized producers.
Here’s one article, use your favorite search engine to find a bunch more
What they’re doing is basically implementing a cartel model, which is not good for anyone except the people who make money from the industry
China announced they’re cutting production to prop up rare earth mineral prices, a lot of people here seem to think something very different is happening…
Dude, the frequency with which people are accepting this screenshot of a headline as a statement of fact is frightening. Please read about what they actually announced rather than falling for what is essentially propaganda
You’re so blinded by this lust you have for China that you forgot to read a goddamn thing about this besides the headline. What China’s doing is intentionally cutting production to prop up rare earth mineral prices. They’re purposefully making these minerals more expensive so the businesses that refine them can stay in business. You might recall similar business models from the Texas Railroad Commission and later OPEC, both regarding petroleum supply controls.
Here’s an article if you care to know anything at all about what’s actually happening lmao
Participating countries:
Brazil (1997–2007)
Canada
European Space Agency
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Japan
Russia
United States
Why should they?
The Biden Admin just announced an executive order removing de minimis tax protections from large companies trying to exploit it to import large quantities of product, which is going to take a bite out of Shein and Temu’s business models.