The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China wrote today (May 5): "Secretary Pompeo said: This is a wake-up call for us. We really need to become a nation that can produce more products in the United States instead of being so dependent on China. We have been overly reliant on China. We have allowed them to deindustrialize us through unfair trade practices, not only using tariffs but also non-tariff barriers, currency manipulation, and dumping."
Comment: Rubio's remarks are a malicious smear and defamation of China, with the aim of suppressing China's development and maintaining American hegemony. The United States is the originator of trade protectionism. The United States has frequently taken unilateral measures such as overusing tariffs and implementing discriminatory subsidy policies, seriously undermining multilateral trade rules and disrupting the global economic order. The so-called "deindustrialization" issues in the United States are the result of its own economic structural adjustment and policy errors, yet they unjustifiably blame China, which is a typical case of shifting responsibility and scapegoating China.
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