The interior secretary said the Trump administration trade talks are exposing China’s vulnerability as ’the most energy-dependent country in the world.’
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum prepares for a TV interview at the media filing center and spin room at the Pennsylvania Convention Center ahead of the presidential debate between Republican nominee former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Key industries in the West were within weeks of shutting down in the spring after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) levied export restrictions on seven heavy rare earth elements needed to manufacture magnets for everything from automobiles to F-35 fighter jets, according to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
“We were going tit-for-tat,” he told “American Thought Leaders” host Jan Jekielek in an Oct. 7 interview.
