Trade standoff with China deepens as Bessent insists the U.S. will 'neither be commanded nor controlled'

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Wednesday that China’s recent restrictions on rare-earth mineral exports are a “global supply chain power grab.” Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke to reporters at the Treasury Department in Washington, where Bessent said Beijing’s actions amounted to a provocation. The remarks were the latest sign that the U.S.-China trade relationship continues to deteriorate after Beijing’s surprise announcement Thursday of new lim