On August 25 local time, another voice of Trump's "disharmony" towards China was heard at the White House.

When talking about the Sino-US trade dispute, he openly made harsh remarks: China must provide rare earth magnets to the United States, otherwise, it would impose a tariff of 200% or similar rates on China.

According to his statement, only if China agrees to provide rare earths to the US would he not impose a 200% tax on China. This is nothing but naked blackmail.

From Trump's tough stance, it is not difficult to see that China has not fully opened its rare earth exports to the US. Rare earths, as a key strategic resource, still tightly grip the "vital point" of the US.

And Trump suddenly mentioned rare earths, which is likely due to a shortage crisis in the supply of rare earth magnets in the US.

Notably, not long ago, both sides of China and the US had just reached an agreement to temporarily halt the tariffs. Now, Trump is trying to take action against China again.

Of course, Trump's capricious "change of face" behavior is nothing new, and China has already spoken clearly, not having any unrealistic expectations of the US.

Interestingly, in order to pressure China, Trump also mentioned that the US holds "powerful levers" such as aircraft parts.

Trump claimed that due to China's rare earth policy, the US had stopped supplying Boeing parts, resulting in 200 planes in China being unable to be put into use, and he boasted, "I could have held them back."

But in fact, cooperation between China and the US in the aviation field is two-way, and American aircraft manufacturers also rely on China's huge market. Such so-called "levers" are more of a one-sided thinking.

The cooperation between China and the US in the aviation field is a win-win situation. China's vast aviation market provides broad development space for Boeing, and the number of Boeing aircraft operating in China is numerous.

However, if the US attempts to threaten with stopping the supply of aircraft parts, on one hand, China is continuously increasing investment in independent research and development and technological innovation in the aviation field. The domestically developed C919 aircraft has successfully been developed and is gradually commercialized.

Even if there are short-term issues with part supplies, China has the ability to solve them through cooperation with other suppliers and accelerating the R&D process.

On the other hand, if the US aircraft manufacturers lose this huge Chinese market, their own economic interests will suffer severe damage.

In recent years, Boeing has faced challenges from competitors like Airbus in the global market. In this competitive landscape, the importance of the Chinese market for Boeing is self-evident.

What Trump calls "strong leverage" is more of his own wishful thinking, and it's also bluffing.

Additionally, Trump claimed that the US has some "unbelievable cards," and if used, China would be destroyed, but he also said he would not use these cards.

This contradictory speech is in line with his usual style of extreme pressure, and it makes people wonder whether he is once again trying to create some baseless "levers" to force China to comply.

However, the so-called "cards that can destroy China" are largely exaggerated rhetoric by Trump. As the world's two largest economies, China and the US have intertwined industrial chains and supply chains, and a small change can cause widespread effects.

As to whether the US actually has cards that can "destroy" China, Trump himself must be very clear. These words are more for intimidation.

Moreover, Trump's attempt to pressure China through tariffs is clearly a miscalculation.

Previously, he threatened to impose additional taxes on China for purchasing Russian oil, but eventually, the US itself had to admit that imposing taxes on China was unworkable.

Now, he wants to use a 200% tariff to force China to make concessions on the rare earth issue. It has little deterrent power, and China's position will not waver.

In summary, Trump's remarks once again reflect the anxiety of the US over rare earth resources, and thus resorting to its usual pressure negotiation tactics. Any attempt to force China to yield through threats and sanctions will not succeed.

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