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‘No retreat’: Key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 22:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘No retreat’: Key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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US Republican Senator Steve Daines, a close aide to President Donald Trump and a key interlocutor between Washington and Beijing, has called on the two capitals to stay engaged and “not retreat” over differences on issues including rare earth supply chains. Daines told the South China Morning Post that both…
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‘No retreat’: key Trump ally urges continued US-China engagement on rare earths
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