Burgum Says US Taking ‘Extraordinary Steps’ to Foil CCP Market Manipulation
Then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum prepares for a TV interview at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 10, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Burgum Says US Taking ‘Extraordinary Steps’ to Foil CCP Market Manipulation

The interior secretary said the Trump administration trade talks are exposing China’s vulnerability as ’the most energy-dependent country in the world.’
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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.
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