Trump says China will supply rare earths, US to allow Chinese students
President Donald Trump says the US is 'getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%' in a social media post. PHOTO: REUTERS
Trump says China will supply rare earths, US to allow Chinese students
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said on June 11 the US deal with China is done, with Beijing agreeing to supply magnets and rare earth minerals while the US will allow Chinese students in its colleges and universities.
'WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%. RELATIONSHIP IS EXCELLENT!' Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social without elaborating.
A White House official said the agreement allows the US to charge a 55 per cent tariff on imported Chinese goods. This includes a 10 per cent baseline 'reciprocal' tariff, a 20 per cent tariff for fentanyl trafficking and a 25 per cent tariff reflecting pre-existing tariffs.
China would charge a 10 per cent tariff on US imports, the official said.
Mr Trump said the deal is subject to final approval by him and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
'FULL MAGNETS, AND ANY NECESSARY RARE EARTHS, WILL BE SUPPLIED, UP FRONT, BY CHINA. LIKEWISE, WE WILL PROVIDE TO CHINA WHAT WAS AGREED TO, INCLUDING CHINESE STUDENTS USING OUR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN GOOD WITH ME!),' Mr Trump said.
US and Chinese officials said on June 10 they agreed on a framework to get their trade truce back on track and remove China's export restrictions on rare earths while offering little sign of a durable resolution to longstanding trade tensions.
At the end of two days of intense negotiations in London, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told reporters the framework deal puts 'meat on the bones' of an agreement reached in May in Geneva to ease bilateral retaliatory tariffs that reached crushing triple-digit levels
The Geneva deal faltered over China's curbs on critical minerals exports, prompting the Trump administration to respond with export controls of its own preventing shipments of semiconductor design software, aircraft and other goods to China.
Mr Trump's shifting tariff policies have roiled global markets, sparked congestion and confusion in major ports and cost companies tens of billions of dollars in lost sales and higher costs. REUTERS
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