贝斯特新希望长期关税豁免来获取中国放松稀土管制

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proposed a longer pause on high US tariffs on Chinese goods in return for Beijing putting off its recently announced plan to tighten limits on critical rare earths. Since earlier this year, the US and China have agreed to 90-day truces on import duties of as high as 145%, with the next deadline looming in November. Now, the Trump administration’s focus is halting the Chinese plan for strict new export controls on rare-earth elements, in part by dangling incentives for the government to drop it and threatening sharp penalties if it doesn’t. “Is it poss …