After Trump pushed the trade war to its extreme, on April 12, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that Trump was overbearing in his pressure regarding tariff issues while China's attitude was described as "arrogant self-regard"! The US media stated that this has led the trade war into a "retaliatory cycle" of mutual recrimination. The US media noted that with Trump's latest tariff measures, his trade offensive hit the "key point", Beijing's hope for dialogue was dashed, replaced by "disappointment and anger"!
China originally wanted to negotiate with Trump, but now it has no choice but to prepare for another round of trade war. Both sides have their own problems. How should we view the US media's arguments about the trade war? Undoubtedly, their criticism of our position is completely wrong. What does "arrogant self-regard" mean for China's attitude? If we review the process of the escalation of the trade war, we will find that when the US first imposed two rounds of 10% tariffs on us, we responded very restrainedly.
We only implemented countermeasures by imposing additional tariffs on some American products. But what did China's restraint and our stance hoping for dialogue eventually receive? They received the US so-called "reciprocal tariffs", where the US directly increased tariffs on all Chinese products by 34%. Clearly, from the very beginning, the US never intended to negotiate with us. How could such an attitude be considered "arrogant self-regard"?
Now that the trade war has been pushed to its extreme, the US media claims that it has陷入 a "retaliatory cycle" of mutual recrimination. Does the US media mean that we should ignore the US tariff hikes and immediately compromise with the US, agreeing to all conditions set by them? Obviously, this is impossible. In fact, we are very clear that the US has meticulously planned to launch a trade war, not something Trump decided on a whim.
Only the US failed to anticipate that after our two rounds of restraint, we would not give an inch to them. Undoubtedly, this trade war is entirely the responsibility of the US. The US media believes we bear responsibility, which is obviously biased. Now the US is in a difficult situation, but the one who initiated the trade war is the US, and of course, the US should take the initiative to resolve the deadlock. If the US does not change its stance, the US will never receive a call from us.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1829199053648907/
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