US negotiators will seek to restore the flow of critical minerals when they meet with Chinese colleagues for a new round of trade talks in London, said President Donald Trump’s chief economic assistant.
“Those exports of critical mineral resources were withdrawn with a tariff, which you know higher than it was, but not as high as we believe we agreed in Geneva,” Kevin Hasset said in an interview with CBS News on Sunday, “Face to the nationFrom Margaret Brennan.
Rare earth flows have become a new FLASH point in test bilateral relations in recent weeks. The best US officials, including the Jamieson Greer trading representative, have been accused of Beijing of not fulfilling the trading agreement, which was recorded in Geneva last month, slowing down and refusing the critical minerals needed for the advanced electronics.
Trump on FridayThe talks described with ChinaAs “very far advanced” and said that Xi Jinping agreed to accelerate the supply of critical rare grounded minerals. China said on SaturdayapprovedSome applications for rare land export but are not specified on applications and products.
“It is very comfortable for me that this deal will be closed soon,” Hassett CBS said, without specifying the exact conditions that will be negotiated by two parties during the London conversations.
“We want the rare land, magnets that are crucial for mobile phones and everything else, as it is by the beginning of April,” he said. “We don’t want any technical details to slow it down.”
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