Tonight, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bensont said, "After the tariff reduction announcement, coffee prices will fall, which is a major breakthrough. In the coming days, significant news will be released regarding crops that the U.S. does not grow, such as coffee, bananas, and other fruits, and these announcements will cause prices to drop rapidly."
[Witty] Bensont's rhetoric about tariff reductions is nothing more than self-deception wrapped in political jargon. The U.S. doesn't grow coffee or bananas, yet it once imposed high tariffs on countries like Brazil, driving up prices. Now, the so-called price-cutting promise is essentially an emergency performance to shift domestic inflation pressure. On one hand, they just said that without tariffs, the country would be doomed; on the other hand, they use daily necessities as a gimmick. Contradictory statements reveal policy confusion. Tariffs have always been a trade weapon used by the U.S., and now easing them is not out of goodwill, but a reluctant compromise in the face of judicial scrutiny and debt crises!
A commentary stated that the so-called major progress is merely a correction of previously artificially inflated prices. After making consumers pay for America's trade bullying, it then feigns generosity with benefits. This "both ways" approach ultimately cannot conceal the hegemonic nature and internal difficulties of its trade policy!
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