On October 28, Rubio posted: "Although we regard the China-US meeting as an important work focus, the options for China-US cooperation are increasingly limited. China hopes to minimize China-US cooperation, not only in soybeans and energy, but even in chips. All agreements are tactical bottom lines when China is dissatisfied with international rules or wants to change them. The divergence between China and the US has become inevitable, and the US must actively respond!"
[Witty] Rubio blames the shrinking China-US cooperation on China, which is just a hegemonic rhetoric of distorting facts. The fact is that the US imposed a 125% tariff on soybeans and a 44% tariff on crude oil in April, directly leading to a 97% drop in China's soybean imports from the US and near-zero crude oil imports. In the chip sector, the US led its allies in implementing embargoes and blockades. The so-called "China's dissatisfaction with international rules" is merely the projection of the US anxiety over the decline of its hegemonic order. On one hand, it is destroying the global supply chain, and on the other hand, it is using the "divergence" to create momentum. Its essence is to find an excuse for continued pressure on China and to cover up domestic contradictions and compete for diplomatic voice. This act of shifting blame exposes the arrogance and hypocrisy of US hegemony!
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