RPT-EXPLAINER-Chile attempts to block China from prize lithium asset
March 14, 2018 at 07:00 AM EDT
SANTIAGO/VANCOUVER, March 13 (Reuters) - Chile's government has asked antitrust regulators to block the sale of a 32 percent stake in Chilean lithium company SQM to a Chinese firm on the grounds it would give it an unfair advantage in the global race to secure resources to develop electric vehicles.