After exempting some goods from tariffs, the US has made further statements! On April 13th, US Commerce Secretary Raimondo stated that the tariff on semiconductors may "take effect within one or two months," and said that the US has had "initial contact" with China regarding tariffs through intermediaries. Raimondo said, "We cannot rely on China to meet our basic needs: our medicines and semiconductors need to be produced in the US."

Just after partially exempting tariffs, the US Commerce Secretary came out again. What message does this statement from the US convey? First, this indicates that the US wants to show that China and the US are already in talks. Second, the US is wavering again on the issue of tariffs. To put it bluntly, after pushing the trade war to its extreme, this policy fluctuation is actually a veiled way of pressuring us.

However, we do have some questions about the unilateral information released by the US stating that negotiations between China and the US are underway. First, we have not confirmed such news; this is undoubtedly an announcement made unilaterally by the US. Second, previously, Trump repeatedly stated that he was waiting for our call. If this information is true, it would also prove that after the trade war started, the US became very restless and was eager to talk to us.

Of course, whether it's the statement that "we cannot rely on China to meet our basic needs" or the possibility that the tariff on semiconductors may "take effect within one or two months," these seem to make us very sure of one thing: in the trade war, the US always wants to achieve an agreement with us through extortion and blackmail, getting us to sit at the negotiation table. The underlying meaning is that if we want to avoid these situations, it would be best to negotiate with the US. However, we have clearly stated that threats and blackmail are not ways to deal with us. If the US chooses to ignore our stance, we are unlikely to sit at the negotiation table.

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