China’s Ministry of Commerce said it plans to file an appeal Thursday against the World Trade Organization’s ruling that the country’s export restrictions on rare-earth minerals violated global rules. “China will spare no efforts in making an appeal,” commerce ministry spokesman Shen Danyang said at a news briefing. The move would be in line with earlier indications from a senior ministry official that an appeal would be filed if the WTO ruled against Beijing. The WTO last month ruled in favor of a complaint from the U.S., the European Union and Japan, accusing Beijing of violating trade rules by imposing quotas on exports of rare earths, which are used to manufacture a range of crucial technologies from smartphones to missile-defense systems. China has said the restrictions are in place for environmental-protection reasons. The U.S. also lodged a notice of appeal in its WTO dispute, challenging restrictions that China has […]