Christina Lu
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Trump-Xi Summit (opens the original)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump will sit down for talks this week that are expected to cover trade, technology, and critical minerals. Can the two leaders make any breakthroughs? In these articles, FP’s staff and contributors explain what’s at stake. Trump still doesn’t have an answer to China’s leverage. Trade, minerals, and AI are on the agenda, but breakthroughs are unlikely. The sanctions could trigger a trade war between Washington and Beijing. In 19 months, Was
Xi Comes to Washington Armed With a Rare-Earth Card (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. When Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with U.S. President Donald Trump this week for a high-stakes summit, he’ll be armed with a powerful card: rare earths. Rare earths have loomed over the U.S.-China relationship since at least April 2025, after Trump unveiled punishing tariffs against much of the world. China retaliated in part by unleashing its own rare-earth trade restrictions, laying the groundwork for several rounds of negotiations and other tra
Trump Picks the Wrong Beef Before Midterms (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. With less than two months to go before high-stakes midterm elections, U.S. President Donald Trump is facing fierce—and rare—blowback from a key constituency and Republican lawmakers alike. The U.S. agricultural sector has been in an uproar over Trump’s recently announced plan to boost imports of ground beef at a reduced tariff rate, part of a broader effort to drag down record beef prices. Ground beef prices surged yet again in August, powered by tight
Can Trump Make Americans Mine Again? (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. It’s back to school for colleges across the United States, and if U.S. President Donald Trump has it his way, more and more students will be studying to transform the country into a critical minerals superpower. The depleted state of the U.S. mining workforce has been a thorn in the side of the Trump administration’s ambitions, with more than half of the current mining workforce—or around 221,000 workers—estimated to retire by 2029, according to the Soc
Ditching Chinese Rare Earths Is Hard. Just Ask Japan. (opens the original)
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Get audio access with any FP subscription. The clock is ticking before a tenuous U.S.-China trade truce expires this fall, and the countdown has left U.S. President Donald Trump increasingly desperate to ditch Chinese rare earths once and for all. Few world powers understand that feeling quite like Japan. After all, the country has been in Washington’s shoes before: China shocked the world in 2010 when it halted rare-earth shipments to Japan over a geopolitical spat, driving a supply chain recko
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