In a major breakthrough, the U.S. and China have signed a trade deal following up on the negotiations they had in London earlier this month. This was confirmed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday.

China signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals in a statement Friday hours after White House officials said that the US and China had signed a trade agreement to work out tensions linked to US access to the key material.

BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week. Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided any details about the agreement.