Dani Burger

I was just going to ask, where are these minerals that you mine are going to be refined?

Are you saying that half will be refined in the U.S.

or sort of at the behest of U.S.

companies?

Because the refining question is one that sticks in my mind.

It's a really difficult process, so I hear, to refine these things.

Maybe dirty and dangerous.

Yeah, it's very difficult.

So who does the refining of the stuff that you get?

Tony, great to get you on the program again.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Tony Sage there of Critical Metals talking about getting these rare earth minerals, heavy rare earth minerals out of the ground.

And it's an incredibly important endeavor as we have grown to realize over the past few years for manufacturing of high tech goods.

Joining us now as we parse through everything that has happened in 2025 around the trade story is the 20th U.S.

Trade Representative Jamison Greer.

Representative Greer, I want to start on how busy 2025 really was.

Looking ahead to 2026, do you expect the same kind of pace with respect to trade deals, with respect to trade announcements?

How much are you potentially at risk should the Supreme Court overturn some of the tariffs that have been enacted under the IEPA provision?

Do you have something in place to get those tariffs through other measures, or will there be a rethink about what will be put on and what won't?

Representative Greer, there's also a feeling right now that cost of living concerns are coming to the fore, and President Trump has talked about removing some of tariffs on specific goods, particularly having to do with food, as a way of alleviating some of the price concerns.