The China-Us trade war drama is bound to have ups and downs
The China-Us trade war drama is bound to be ups and downs, and it is bound to be fighting and talking, and the process is bound to be tortuous and complicated. The United States and China, through the "real sword" game and the "arduous" negotiations between the two countries, after Vice Premier Liu personally went to the United States for negotiations, solemnly declared to the world:
China and the US are not fighting a trade war. The two countries also issued a solemn joint statement. "To meet the growing consumer demand of the Chinese people and promote high-quality economic development, China will substantially increase its purchases of goods and services from the United States, which will also contribute to economic growth and employment in the United States," the statement said. The two sides agreed to meaningfully increase U.S. agricultural and energy exports.
It is literally full of the "love" of the United States for the Chinese people, the compromise on trade, China's expansion of imports from the United States is out of its own needs, and gives the United States economy and Trump's vote base benefits, killing two birds with one stone. The Global Times published an editorial titled "Sino-US trade war truce is a common victory for both countries."
Vice Premier Liu said that this is a positive, pragmatic, constructive and fruitful visit, and the two sides reached a lot of consensus on developing positive and healthy China-Us economic and trade relations.
When the domestic media rejoished the truce of the trade war between China and the United States, senior Chinese officials stepped forward and the joint statement between China and the United States was not finished, and Trump did not acknowledge it and directly imposed tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods. One day we promise no trade war, the next day we go to war. The national credibility of the United States is lost when Trump uses up the paper, and the credit of the United States, the credit of the dollar, the international leadership of the United States, and the international relations of the United States have been subversive destroyed by Trump. Even NATO, the cornerstone of America's international security, has been casually abandoned by Trump for immediate economic gain. In response, State Council spokesperson Hua Chunying put it perfectly: "In international relations, every change of face and backtrack is another loss and squandering of one's own country's credibility." Trump is now squandering and consuming the national credibility and international architecture that the United States has accumulated over decades, and the international relations that it took a huge amount of money to establish. These are traded by Trump for short-term economic gains and popular votes.
The US government has released a list of goods subject to additional tariffs, imposing 25% tariffs on about 50 billion US dollars of goods imported from China, of which about 34 billion US dollars of goods have been subject to 25% tariffs on 34 billion US dollars of Chinese products exported to the US since July 6. On August 7, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced a list of 25% tariffs on about $16 billion worth of Chinese products, which will be formally implemented from August 23. China was forced to respond tit-for-tat. The Customs Tariff Commission of The State Council decided to impose 25% tariffs on 659 items of about US $50 billion of imported goods originating in the United States, of which 545 items of about US $34 billion of goods have been subject to additional tariffs since July 6, 2018, after making appropriate adjustments to the goods in the second list of US goods subject to additional tariffs. An additional 25% tariff has also been imposed since 12:01 am on 23 August 2018. In the face of Trump's capriciousness and flip-flops, the Global Times said: "People with a little education, as long as they think seriously, it is easy to understand that the United States can't sell soybeans and oil to balance Sino-US trade." Nor will any major country give up the right to scientific and technological progress and industrial upgrading. But President Trump insists on doing that. The secret is that US elections are "square acts", with slogans and hashtags to get out the vote, and that's what voters eat. The White House is seeking the public's impression that President Trump is sympathetic to farm states, defending the Rust Belt and defending high-tech industries through tariffs. It is irresponsible of the White House to please US voters with the huge cost of disrupting the world trade order. American voters feel that the president is fighting for their interests, but these illusions mask the real laws of international trade, and their tangible long-term interests are being quietly sacrificed. The United States is ignoring the rules of the international multilateral trading system, even one by one, even the integrity of the negotiations can be abandoned. The United States is the dominant player in the existing international system, and its interests, like rich deposits, need to be exploited in a proper and mature manner. But the White House's current approach is to open small coal mines and destroy entire deposits in order to make a quick buck. ... Once the Sino-US trade war is really raging, it will definitely not become a political dividend for President Trump. This paragraph pointed out the drawbacks of the US election, clearly pointed out that the purpose of Trump's trade war is to vote and support, he voted for the good of the voters, by Shouting slogans and labeling to please the voters, Trump's short-sighted behavior is wasting the long-term practical interests of the United States, "in order to make some quick money at the expense of destroying the entire deposit." It seems to be the first time that the official media has stated so frankly and revealed the purpose of Trump's trade war. The most important strategic priority of the United States at present is to contain China, which is the overriding priority of the United States. When the United States launches a trade war at the right time, it should seize the opportunity to focus on the main opponent with a purpose. It should concentrate its efforts and unite with its Allies to launch a trade war against the major countries whose trade deficit accounts for more than half of the total US trade deficit, crush the economy of the major countries and consume more of China's foreign resources, force major countries to completely open their financial markets, and make final preparations for the general financial attack. Trump came up with a chaotic fist all over the world, not only to fight a trade war with China, but also to fight a trade war with all Allies, whether it is a general ally or a hardcore ally, even Canada, which led to the EU and the United States to break up, Japan and the United States also began to alienate and quietly began to prepare for both hands, the most humiliating is that, Trump is also targeting Africa, where half the population lives below poverty and a third is chronically hungry.