By Ernest Scheyder and Pratima Desai

(Reuters) -China for decades has sought to manipulate global critical minerals prices, using its control as an economic weapon to expand its manufacturing sector and its geopolitical influence, a U.S. House of Representatives committee said on Wednesday.

The allegations, contained in a 50-page report from the bipartisan U.S. House Select Committee on China and reviewed by Reuters, adds to a series of missives from Washington criticizing Beijing’s sway in critical minerals markets.

President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden, have in recent years sought to crimp China’s dominance in the critical minerals sector.

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