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Exclusive | Buoyed by rare earths, China approaches Trump summit with fresh confidence

South China Morning Post · · 214 words · By Dewey Sim
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4 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“US President Donald Trump prepares to visit Beijing this week.”
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Five independent news sources (South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, France24, and Nypost) all confirm that President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing, with several specifying the dates as May 14-15.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — US President Donald Trump will bring a scaled-back group of chief executive officers with him on a trip to Beijing next week
https://scmp.com/plus/news/china/diplomacy/article/3352886/t…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — US President Donald Trump visits Beijing for a summit with President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/6/irans-araghchi-holds…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Cheng's trip occurred a month before US President Donald Trump's scheduled visit to Beijing
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260410-chinese-ta…
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“In October, the two countries agreed to a trade truce that involved Washington easing certain tariffs and China resuming soybean imports and suspending some rare earth export curbs.”
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Multiple web search results confirm a trade truce formalized in October (specifically October 30, 2025) involving US soybeans and Chinese rare earth export controls.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US-China trade truce, formalized on October 30, 2025, represents a pivotal moment in global financial markets, offering a much-needed respite from escalating trade tensions.
https://www.financialcontent.com/article/marketminute-2025-1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beijing promptly agreed to suspend some counter-tariffs for a year. Yet traders remained wary. “A good Trump/Xi meeting was in the price…we’ve simply got confirmation of that,” noted Daiwa’s Chris Sci…
https://ts2.tech/en/stock-market-rollercoaster-tech-stocks-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, resulting in the two world leaders agreeing to a one-year trade truce and other trade deals surrounding US soybeans (Z…
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/us-china-trade-truce-isnt…
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“China dominates the global mining and processing of rare earths”
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Three independent web sources confirm China's dominance, citing specific figures: controlling 90% of the refining/processing market and accounting for 69.2% of global mining.
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web search NEUTRAL — Critical mineral supply chains are highly concentrated within China, especially at the refining and processing stage, where the country currently controls 90% of the market. It is expected to keep its…
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/international-iss…
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web search NEUTRAL — China's dominance extends beyond mining, with the country processing nearly 90% of global rare earths, strengthening its control across the value chain. The US and Australia are the world's second-lar…
https://www.mining-technology.com/analyst-comment/china-domi…
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web search NEUTRAL — While China accounts for 69.2% of global rare earth mining, producing approximately 270,000 metric tons of rare earth oxide equivalent in 2024, this mining dominance pales compared to downstream contr…
https://discoveryalert.com.au/china-strategic-mineral-monopo…
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“just weeks before the trade truce, it announced a sweeping expansion of restrictions on exports of the minerals.”
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Web search results indicate that China tightened rare earth export controls and expanded economic pressure tools in the context of the trade truce period.
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web search NEUTRAL — Beijing has started designing a streamlined rare earth export licensing system that could accelerate shipments, but industry insiders have warned Reuters the changes may fall short of Washington’s exp…
https://www.automotiveworld.com/topics/e-mobility/china-to-l…
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web search NEUTRAL — The upcoming state visit between Presidents Trump and Xi offers both sides an opportunity to build upon the trade truce reached in Busan last October.The first important outcome is for the U.S. to sec…
https://www.itic.org/news-events/techwonk-blog/critical-mine…
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web search NEUTRAL — China has tightened rare earth export controls and banned foreign AI chips in state-funded data centres.China aims to build economic pressure tools amid a trade truce with the US set to expire in 2026…
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/under-cover-of-trade-truce-w…
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