China panel Democrats want Xi-Trump talks to yield progress on critical minerals, more

The Democrats on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party have issued a raft of goals for the widely anticipated talks between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, just hours away, and China’s restrictions on critical minerals are top of mind. As panel member Kathy Castor (R-FL) put it, Trump “must urge Beijing to delay, cancel, or otherwise loosen its recent escalating export restrictions on rare earths and rare earth magnets. These materials are vital to the...