.United States Trade Representative: Past Administrations allowed China to take advantage of U.S. technology that pioneered rare earth extraction — and now, China is coercing us and the rest of the world. We aren't backing down.

@USTradeRep Lying is ugly, China is only reacting like this due to the US semiconductor blockade that's been running for years already and continues expanding. There's nothing more disgusting than people who should tell the truth lying through their teeth to influence and manipulate others.

@USTradeRep Actually people are sick of the USA not China 😂

@USTradeRep Brazen liar, 60 years ago was 1965, Nixon went to China in 1972 when China/US relations started then, god, Yanks are such sore losers! 😂

@USTradeRep Lying again? 🤡

@USTradeRep China was allowed to blatantly steal our technology, rebrand it, then sell it as their own. That’s messed up.

@USTradeRep Barking dogs don't bite. It's refreshing to see Americans acting more and more like Indians😂

@USTradeRep Then why are all the patents for mining, processing , and refining Chinese

@USTradeRep So the US can do it themselves? Why do they care about China then?

@USTradeRep Again with the 'China stole everything from us'! No they didn't. You were too greedy to make it yourselves and pay Americans decent wages, so you GAVE technology to the Chinese to process stuff for you. And they made it better. Now you are whingeing.

@USTradeRep Don't worry. Be happy.😂

@USTradeRep Rofl .. Americans crying nonstop. 😂😂😂😂😂

Lol. Getting the raw rare earths isn't a huge deal, though I would be careful about Australia as they are economically strong tied to China, and the US sucker punch over the submarines isn't going away. But the US lacks the technology, and more importantly the technologists, to make it happen. China has been on a course of independence through tech investment and education for decades while you people worry about pronouns or ass kissing Israel.

Trump will be on his knees before Xi begging a deal on rare earths on the sidelines of the APEC Summit on 30 Oct. China’s Rare Earth Moat at 5N (99.999%) Purity is one the US cannot cross China’s ability to refine rare earth elements to 5N purity (99.999%) gives it a strategic chokehold over the global semiconductor and precision tool industries. While other nations like Japan and Australia struggle to scale beyond 3N (99.9%), China dominates with 83% of global rare earth refining and 92% of magnet production. This ultra-high purity is essential for high-k dielectrics, sputtering targets, and rare earth magnets used in EUV lithography, wafer handling, and AI chip fabrication. Even trace impurities at lower purities can degrade performance, yield, and reliability. New MOFCOM export controls—requiring licenses for any product containing ≥0.01% Chinese-origin rare earths—extend this leverage globally. Toolmakers like ASML and Applied Materials, and foundries like TSMC and GlobalFoundries, face compliance burdens and sourcing risks. The U.S. lacks refining infrastructure, solvent extraction expertise, and vertical integration, making China’s moat nearly impossible to cross without massive investment and regulatory overhaul. In the race for technological sovereignty, rare earth purity is no longer a technical detail—it’s a geopolitical fault line. @Bubblebathgirl

China’s rare earth chokehold is exactly why past administrations’ failures haunt us—letting Beijing monopolize critical minerals was a strategic disaster. But Trump’s tariff hammer forced Beijing to the table. The 2025 export controls were brutal, but they exposed China’s desperation to cling to dominance as Western reshoring accelerates. Now, U.S. firms like MP Materials secured Defense Production Act funding to rebuild domestic processing—proof that pressure works. Leverage isn’t pretty, but it’s how you reset the board.

@USTradeRep Ok. Perhaps the US should return the Bessemer steel process to Britain whence it came. Or compensate China for all the science America gained from Japan's experiments on human beings during WWII. Etcetera ...

@USTradeRep You Westoids intense obsession with China reeks of high jealousy and high incompetence and absolute failure on your part.

@USTradeRep What a country of morons! If you have that technology, why can’t you process them now?

@USTradeRep The US has spent 250 years using technologies originally invented by China—gunpowder and the compass—to plunder and invade the world.

@USTradeRep You never got off your arses to do the work, China did the work for you they got their hands dirty while you sat back for the spoils. China has learnt a lot its also turned itself into a very prosperous country, it also educated itself in technology, they put in the hard yards.

@USTradeRep when the US was restricting the export of chips, lithographic machines, soft-wares, and precision toolings to China, it was not economic coercions? Fuck u hypocritical double standard bastards!

@USTradeRep CHY-NA is not our friend

@USTradeRep Absolutely disgusting lying on national television. 1) You don’t have the new technology to refine the rare earth. 2) you escalated the trade war by implementing the porting fees for Chinese ships and restricted more chips.

@USTradeRep Can you name a US company or product that has since not received their rare earth license or supply (same process since April 2025)? If not, what exactly is the problem? Stop speaking in generalities.

@USTradeRep Previous US strategy is that China has overcapacity and its industries are subsidized therefore it must stop or limit China exports! Following ocercapacities, China now limits exports of rare earths to civilian use, US wants it to make missiles to use against China in the future!

@USTradeRep “The more successful China is, the more successful we all will be.” Gavin Newsom.

@USTradeRep You did a lot of worse shitty things to others like chip saction without saying anything,now you complain you were treated as equal.

@USTradeRep Trump thought he was bringing in tough negotiators. Turns out he just picked 2 b1tches with hormone overload 🤦‍♂️

@USTradeRep Greer is such a pathetic liar. Trump should appoint better liars who can at least get some facts correct. If he is an example of the 'best liars' Trump can appoint, it really says a lot about the Trump regime.

@USTradeRep China's latest move to tighten its grip on rare earths is a stark reminder of the strategic blunder past administrations made by handing over critical tech. But under Trump, we're not just sitting back—this administration is doubling down on American innovation and self-reliance.

Exactly. Office of the United States Trade Representative just ripped the band-aid off. Decades of weak-spined, globalist administrations handed China the keys to the rare earth kingdom while America invented half the damn tech behind it. And now Beijing’s holding it hostage like a dragon sitting on a gold mine. This isn’t “trade,” it’s economic blackmail. But the difference now? Washington’s finally talking like it’s ready to throw down. If we don’t rip that choke chain off, China won’t just control the market — they’ll control the future. No more begging. No more bending. Time to take the power back.

@USTradeRep China's predatory behavior must be met with resolute American strength.