China Meet18 May 2026 11:09
Daily Beast: Trump also left Beijing without securing a clear win on one of the most important economic issues in U.S.-China relations: Beijing’s control over rare earth minerals. there was no announced agreement, no rollback of Chinese export controls, and no public commitment from China to avoid tightening restrictions. China may also twist the knife further by moving ahead with planned tougher export restrictions in November.
Jamieson Greer, the president’s trade representative, told Bloomberg News in an interview on Friday that there had been some progress on this front in recent months, but did not sound convinced by his own spin. “I would give them a passing grade on this—we’ve certainly seen the rare earths come back up to better levels. Sometimes it’s slow,” he said.