Terry Branstad: “We could go on and on, but the biggest problem is being dependent on China, who is our biggest competitor in the world.”

We could go on and on, but the biggest problem is being dependent on China, who is our biggest competitor in the world.

No two thinking people are going to agree 100 percent of time.

Exactly the opposite. What we have found is investing in renewables and encouraging farmers to have the opportunity to do innovative things.

The last thing in the world we ought to do is become dependent on China for the rare earth minerals and the batteries.