Just weeks before the planned meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, China dramatically expanded its restrictions on rare earth minerals, a move the Trump administration sees as a sharp escalation in China's efforts to tighten its grip on global manufacturing. China's new rules, which apply to all countries, are set to take effect in phases on Nov. 8, then Dec. 1. "It is an exercise in economic coercion on every country in the world," Ambassador Jameison Greer said Wednesday during a press conference alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. "This will give China control over basically the entire global economy and the technology supply chain." The move prompted Trump to threaten 100% tariffs on all products from China starting Nov 1st. So

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