Trump’s rare-earth push could channel crucial financing and eventually reduce Beijing’s dominance, but the effort will be costly and take years to bear fruits.

Soybean farmers will be able to export crops to China -- the state's largest export partner for that commodity -- for the first time in six months.

U. President Donald Trump began the final leg of his Asia trip in South Korea on Wednesday, optimistic about striking a trade war truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping and advancing an unresolved tariff deal with South Korea's Lee Jae Myung.

US President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of deals on his Asia visit to secure the supply of rare earths, a critical sector that China has long dominated. The deals with Japan, Malaysia, Thailand,