Terry Branstad: “I urge Chinese authorities to engage in meaningful and direct dialogue with the Dalai Lama and his representatives…”

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

I signed this wind energy law my first year as governor and now we're the leader in the whole country in terms of wind energy.

We need their cooperation. We need their assistance in peacefully dealing with this and changing this dangerous direction of North Korea at this time.

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