Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer did his best to soft pedal Trump's tariff war with China on rare earth elements, but was called out by CNBC when he claimed China has backed down when they very clearly upped the tension.

The Guardian reports that "China says it will ‘fight to end’ after US said it was trying to hurt world economy. Commerce ministry says US is ‘threatening to intimidate’ with plans for new Trump tariffs on exports."

Which contradicts what Greer continually said on CNBC.

GREER: Either you're trying to retaliate against us or you're trying to do something that you believe is legitimate.

You can see them trying to find narratives that make sense, because the whole world understands what they've done is completely out of proportion, unacceptable, and so they're trying to find a

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