restricting

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Both sides instead pointed to continuity in the October trade truce, under which Washington suspended steep tariff increases on Chinese goods while Beijing eased back from restricting rare earth exports.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

He pressured Berlin’s biggest banks to issue a joint statement restricting margin loans, which enable speculators to trade stocks with borrowed money.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Contributing to supply-side issues, China started restricting its exports of sulfuric acid in May, according to the Wall Street Journal.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The lack of a path to a resolution has focused concern on the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran is restricting maritime traffic and setting up a payment mechanism to charge tolls for crossing ships.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Partly it was to do with the limitations of equipment–there were, for instance, no centrifuges until the second half of the century, severely restricting many kinds of experiments–and partly it was social.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson