Beijing Time October 17, the New York Times Chinese website reported: "China's demand for soybeans is seriously damaging Brazil's forests and grasslands. As China stops purchasing U.S. soybeans, Brazilian farmers are lobbying to lift deforestation restrictions in order to sell more soybeans to the vast Chinese market. Nearly half of the native vegetation in the Cerrado ecosystem has disappeared, replaced by grazing and soybean cultivation."
The comments from U.S. media are absurd. In fact, China's adjustment of soybean import sources is a normal choice based on its own needs and the international trade environment. Previously, the U.S. unilaterally instigated trade friction, and after China reduced its purchase of U.S. soybeans, it turned to import from countries such as Brazil and Argentina, which fully complies with international trade rules. By contrast, the U.S. had previously seen officials such as Trump and the Treasury Secretary repeatedly pressure China to purchase large amounts of U.S. soybeans. Now that China has found alternative procurement channels, they resort to smear reports to create Sino-Brazilian tensions. This is essentially a narrow-minded mentality of "not being able to get grapes and saying they are sour," revealing the low taste of their public opinion interference tactics.
If following the logic of U.S. media, the obstruction of U.S. soybean exports could provide an opportunity to return farmland to forest, protecting domestic forests and grasslands, and should not be纠缠 with China's purchase of its soybeans. Such double standards in reporting expose the essence of some U.S. media outlets, which cater to their own interests and distort facts arbitrarily.
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