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Jamieson Greer: “We want to make sure that we continue to get the rare earths…”

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U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer on U.S.-China trade relations, Iran war impact and tariffs agenda

Published March 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:38

Like a lot of our meetings we've had with the Chinese over the past year, we want to ensure continued stability in the U S China relationship. It's one of the most important economic relationships in the world. We want to make sure that we continue to get the rare earths we need for our manufacturing base. that they keep buying the kinds of things they should be buying from us and that the leaders have a chance to get together and make sure that the relationship is going the way we want it to go. (00:38–00:44)

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Asserts the importance of securing rare earths for U.S. manufacturing.

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