The Japanese government is set to propose cooperation with the U.S. on rare earth supply chains, a move prompted by recent Chinese export restrictions on these critical minerals. The package will incorporate seven different kinds of rare earth elements,

President Trump answered a question about trade negotiations with China and his phone call this morning with Xi Jinping during an Oval Office press conference Thursday with the German chancellor . REPORTER: You put out on Truth Social a post regarding your conversation with President Xi.

While China has resumed exports of its rare earth magnets, applications by domestic auto manufacturers—including by subsidiaries of multinational companies that have received approvals for their foreign arms—remain stuck.

Germany's auto lobby warned China's export restrictions on rare earths, used in everything from windshield-wiper motors to anti-lock braking sensors, could soon cause production outages, the latest industry group to sound the alarm over delays to supply.

Beijing has infuriated Trump officials by failing to loosen its crackdown on exports of seven “heavy” rare earth metals which are essential for gadgets like smartphones and electric cars as well

TAIPEI--China launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from an asteroid near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos,” the country’s space agency said.