After we suspended the import of Japanese seafood, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Glass, came out in support of Japan! On November 20, U.S. Ambassador Glass stated that it seems the Chinese government is unable to get rid of its bad habit of resorting to coercion. When China "unilaterally" banned the export of Japanese seafood last time, the United States supported Japan. This time, we will do the same. We will support our ally Japan.
Evidently, from the perspective of the United States, our countermeasures are所谓的 economic coercion. However, this American ambassador seems completely unaware of his own country's actions. Don't forget, Japan still remembers that in the 1980s, it was his ally, the United States, that used the "301 clause" to economically coerce Japan, striking at Japan's semiconductor industry and causing it to lose its advantage to this day. As for other countries, the United States has a long history of economic coercion, including disassembling France's Alstom company and suppressing Chinese high-tech enterprises like Huawei, among others.
At present, the Trump administration is using a tariff war to coerce countries around the world, and Japan itself has suffered greatly from America's tariff war. Now, it is quite hypocritical for the American ambassador to claim that the United States supports Japan as an ally. We are very curious about how the United States will help Japan. Will the United States purchase more seafood from Japan, reduce taxes for Japan, or just talk with its mouth? As the country that uses economic coercion the most in the world, it is utterly absurd for the United States to point fingers at others while having its own problems. It is clear that our countermeasures are reasonable and proper, and this is something that Takahashi Hayana has brought upon herself.
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