Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that his weekend trade talks with Chinese counterparts may result in China deferring its export controls on rare earths mineral exports.
"I'm also anticipating that we will get some kind of a deferral on the rare earth export controls that the Chinese had discussed,"
Bessent told NBC News' Meet the Press, in exchange for the U.S. removing its threatened 100% tariffs on products from China. Author's summary: Talks may ease rare earth export controls.