China will halt investigations targeting U.S. companies involved in the semiconductor supply chain and issue licenses to exporters of rare earth and other minerals critical to high-tech industries, according to the White House. Following months of trade tensions,Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/beijing-to-pause-probes-into-us-chipmakers-white-house-5938673
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Nov. 2 that the United States is aiming to achieve supply chain independence from China on critical minerals within a year or two. “The U.S. has been asleep at the switch, and now this administration, we’re 
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth criticized China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea on Nov. 1, calling on Southeast Asian countries to work closely with the United States to face Beijing’s aggression. Hegseth made the remarks while