This month, China expanded its export restrictions to include seven essential rare-earth elements and magnets needed for electric cars, wind turbines, and defense aircraft production.The move - coming just after China launched a blistering attack on American 'production' - is perceived as retaliation against President Donald Trump's steep 145% tariffs on Chinese imports,

Donald Trump said that both US and China are talking to each other to deal with the trade war between the two countries, highlighting that it was Beijing that has reached out ‘a number of times’

President Trump says he wants Xi Jinping, China’s leader, to call him to talk tariffs. Mr. Xi is ghosting Mr. Trump, and markets are plummeting.