BREAKING: China to Resume Rare Earth Exports to U.S. After Trump Strikes Trade Truce
United States: In a signal drenched with geopolitical weight, China on Friday indicated its readiness to restart the outflow of rare earth materials to the United States—just hours after US officials signposted the conclusion of an intense trade compromise. This rare détente marks a significant detour from the simmering economic standoff that had spiraled into a raw clash over industrial lifelines.
Rare earths—those elusive elements threaded through smartphones, missiles, and electric motors—had morphed into the battleground of trade hostilities between the globe’s two dominant economies. Their tug-of-war had escalated from tariff theatrics to strategic hoarding, with both nations flexing for supply dominance.
China’s Ministry of Commerce, responding to inquiries hinting at a resumption of exports, announced it would “process and endorse applications for regulated commodities that satisfy statutory mandates.” In parallel, the US is expected to peel back a suite of constraints slapped on Beijing during earlier stages of the standoff, according to the reports by CNN.
The ministry’s communiqué landed after President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick both acknowledged the pact had materialized, building on groundwork quietly laid earlier in London. There, negotiators struck a skeletal framework, awaiting top-tier blessings from President Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping.