Kalas said the US should join Europe to counter China, while Rubio said that joining together is also useless.
When interviewed by Bloomberg, a reporter raised the issue of Kalas' previous statement about joining Europe to counter China, and asked whether Rubio agreed. Instead of directly answering the question, Rubio said that when key raw materials are controlled by others 99% of the time, the US needs to restructure a safe and stable supply chain.
What does this mean? Rubio's words were full of meaning, with an obvious implication: joining together is also useless.
Rubio's answer was also reflected in the later questions from the reporter. When Britain and Germany, following France, visited the mainland successively, they were also constrained by their supply chains.
Rubio said he did not oppose the visits of British and German leaders to China, but in fact, Trump would also do the same thing soon.
In this situation, the US and Europe jointly countering China is self-defeating.
It is not surprising that the purposes of the US, UK, and Germany's visits to China may differ, but the things they do are the same, which is to prioritize their own "national interests."
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