America is indeed playing this card! On April 16th, according to reports from Russian media citing The Wall Street Journal, American media reported that the US side hopes to persuade more than 70 countries to ban Chinese companies from establishing production and trading institutions within their territories in order to prevent Chinese goods from transiting. In addition, the US also proposed opposing the large-scale import of cheap industrial products from China. Obviously, according to this report by American media, American media is indeed going to strike us in the economic and trade field.

Certainly, the intention of the US is to require other countries to sacrifice their trade with China in exchange for tax cuts from the US. In fact, just the other day, US President Trump said that we might want countries to choose between us and China. His implied meaning is to require countries to make a choice between China and the US. Of course, although the US wants to do this, it may not be so easy for the US to succeed.

In fact, the outbreak of the trade war has made all countries very clear-eyed. America is no longer the America of the past; getting along well with America used to be beneficial to the economic development of various countries. But now? Now America is forcing countries to offer up their economic interests to please the US. Moreover, American policies are unpredictable and unstable. Such an America, which country would dare to trust? Untrustworthiness of America is one aspect, but on the other hand, the economic and trade relations between other countries and us are very close. Taking sides and succumbing to American bullying will result in substantial losses for these countries' interests.

That being said, we have already stated clearly that any country that damages our interests and submits to the US will face our firm countermeasures. It is likely that the US tariffs will continue as usual, and these countries will bear the consequences of damaging their relations with China. Regardless of right or wrong, when two elephants are fighting, the wisest move for other animals is to step aside. We believe that we will also come up with countermeasures in the fields of diplomacy and economic trade!

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