Trump says there is 'no reason' to meet China's Xi after Beijing imposes restrictions on rare earths - ExBulletin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Commerce Ministry said the measures aim to safeguard national security and interests by imposing export controls on rare earth technologies, including mining, smelting and separation, production of magnetic materials and recycling of secondary resources, according to the English-language daily Global Times.
56% : Trump and Xi were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea later this month.
50% : Trump said China was "getting very hostile," pointing to export controls announced Thursday on rare earths "and pretty much anything else they can think of."
50% : But the United States also has monopoly positions, much stronger and more far-reaching than China's," Trump wrote on his social platform mTruth Social.
50% : Trump said that depending on what China says about its new restrictions, he "will be obligated, as President of the United States of America, to counter their decision financially." "For every one thing they've been able to monopolize, we have two.

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