USChina Deal Stands on a History of Broken Promises

A man drives a front loader to shift soil containing rare earth minerals for export to Japan at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 5, 2010. China holds a near-monopoly over the rare earth industry, from mining and refining to magnet manufacturing. Edited by The Epoch Times, STR/AFP via Getty Images‘Talking one way and acting in another—this is typical of the Chinese Communist Party,’ one expert said.A man drives a front loader to shift soil containing rare earth minerals for export to Japan at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, on Sept. 5, 2010. China holds a near-monopoly over the rare earth industry, from mining and refining to magnet manufacturing. Edited by The Epoch Times, STR/AFP via Getty ImagesUS–China Deal Stands on a History of Broken Promises‘Talking one way and acting in another—this is typical of the Chinese Communist Party,’ one expert said.|November 08, 2025Updated:November 08, 2025News AnalysisThe long-awaited U.S.–China meeting in South Korea last week ended with a truce that lowered tariffs and halted a spiraling trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.AD