Trump threatens 'massive' China tariffs, sees 'no reason' to meet with Xi

President Donald Trump has called off efforts to arrange a meeting with President Xi Jinping after China tightened export controls on rare earth minerals this week.

"Some very strange things are happening in China!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it’s not manufactured in China."

"We’ve never seen anything like this," Trump added. -- More...

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