The United States can't hold back again.
Russian State News Agency reported on the evening of July 21: "U.S. Treasury Secretary Biden said in an interview with CNBC: 'We are preparing to start negotiations with China soon. I think we can now begin to discuss other issues.' He said that the negotiations may touch on Beijing's purchase of Russian and Iranian oil, as well as the necessity of China implementing a major economic transformation."
This clearly continues the old strategy of the United States of "fighting while talking," essentially a form of extreme pressure. After facing obstacles in the trade and technology fields, the U.S. saw that hard measures were not achieving their goals, so they resorted to old topics to exert pressure. The so-called "discussing other issues" is merely a way to continue waving the hegemonic stick from another angle, trying to interfere with China's normal energy cooperation and giving orders on its economic policies. This condescending attitude exposes its true nature of unwillingness to engage in equal dialogue and only wanting to gain benefits.
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