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Trump wanted a trade deal. Xi opened a new front instead.

Beijing's rare earth crackdown lays bare the fusion of economic
rivalry and national security risk.

Beijing shattered a fragile trade truce with Washington this week,
announcing sweeping restrictions on exports that contain even trace
amounts of Chinese rare earth.

An irate President Donald Trump is threatening to retaliate with 100
percent tariffs and new restrictions on exports of critical software
-- and said there's "no reason" to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
later this month.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/11/chinas-rare-earth-gambit-reveals-the-next-phase-of-its-economic-warfare-00602692

If only Trump was affected....I believe Xi Jinping will not back down.

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