Sino-US reached an agreement, American allies became clowns
Acting as a vassal for the United States, leading the charge against China. Now that the results of the Sino-US economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur were announced, countries such as the Netherlands and South Korea, which are American allies, have become complete clowns.
On the 30th, China's Ministry of Commerce announced the results of the Sino-US economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, which include two points: "The US will suspend the implementation of the 50% penetration rule of the export control issued on September 29 for one year," in exchange for "China suspending the related export control measures published on October 9 for one year";
and "the US will suspend the implementation of its 301 investigation measures against China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries for one year," in exchange for "China suspending the corresponding countermeasures for one year."
These two consensuses are roughly equivalent to the US selling part of its allies, especially the Netherlands and South Korea. One follows Washington's orders blindly, seizing Chinese enterprises, and the other urged the US to conduct a 301 investigation against China. As a result, the US subsidiary of its shipbuilding company was sanctioned by China, and it is now waiting for the US to help its own company.
But then, the US and China reached another consensus, and after obtaining the benefits they wanted, the US just walked away, leaving South Korea and the Netherlands in a state of confusion — where is the strong and unbreakable relationship between the US and its allies, always standing together?
The embarrassing situation of the Netherlands and South Korea once again proves this saying: It is dangerous to be the enemy of the United States, but it is more deadly to be its ally.
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