United States President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea, the first between the two leaders since Trump returned to office in his second term, was widely watched for what they agreed on and what they did not.

According to Trump, China has agreed to keep rare earth exports flowing to the world as part of a one-year agreement. “All of the rare earth has been settled,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

“And that’s for the world, worldwide, you could say this was a worldwide situation, not just a US situation.”

“There is no roadblock at all on rare earth. That will hopefully disappear from our vocabulary for a little while,” said Trump

He also said the US would lower tariffs implemented earlier this year as punishment on Ch

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