Greer: China realizes it 'overstepped’ on rare earth export controls

China has signaled that it “overstepped” in imposing new export controls that triggered President Trump to threaten higher tariffs last week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday, though Beijing’s public statements on the measures have appeared consistent. Greer spoke about China’s move last week to impose export controls on strategic minerals in an interview on CNBC , two days after Trump suggested he might walk back his threat to impose 100 percent tariffs on China starting Nov. 1...