The United States is pledging to secure critical supply chains—from rare earths to shipbuilding—to counter China, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Meanwhile, Washington’s top trade negotiator says the Trump–Xi meeting didn’t solve everything Bessent: US Must Control Its Own Destiny, No Choke Points in Supply Chains
The United States is pledging to secure critical supply chains—from rare earths to shipbuilding—to counter China, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Meanwhile, Washington’s top trade negotiator says the Trump–Xi meeting didn’t solve everything 
WASHINGTON—Two prominent Republican lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to side with a lawsuit accusing Cisco of aiding a brutal persecution in China. In a letter dated Oct. 29, Reps. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), who