Greer Says US-China Trade Talks ‘About Halfway There’ on Rare Earths

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer sounded a cautiously optimistic note on discussions with China on rare earth flows, following trade talks that further steadied ties between the economies.

Greer said the key industrial components were a focus of negotiations in Stockholm last week that Beijing said led to an extension of their tariff truce. Without going into detail, he said the US secured commitments about their supply on CBS’s Face the Nation aired Sunday.