“China will, in accordance with the law, review and approve export applications for controlled items that meet relevant criteria,” the spokesperson said without specifying the criteria.
The United States will “lift a series of restrictive measures imposed on China,” the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson said the ministry was responding to a journalist’s question about accelerating rare earth exports to the United States. The ministry’s response did not explicitly mention rare earths.
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The ministry’s statement came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the trade agreement with China was signed on June 25.
“We just signed with China yesterday, just signed with China,” Trump said during a White House event on Thursday. “We’re starting to open up China … things that never really could have happened.”
A White House official told The Epoch Times later in the day that the two sides had reached “an additional understanding for a framework to implement the Geneva agreement.” The official declined to provide further details.
“Full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China,” the president said in an all-caps post on Truth Social.
The Chinese communist regime implemented export curbs on seven medium-to-heavy rare earth metals on April 4, following Washington’s tariff hike on Beijing earlier this year. Under the regulations, Chinese traders are required to report their overseas clients’ intended uses and other information to apply for special export licenses.
