French media have rarely criticized the United States! The Quad summit is being held in the United States. Although the US has been trying to bring India, Japan, and Australia together to counter us, US Secretary of State Rubio publicly stated that he called on the four countries to deepen cooperation to address China's expanding influence and strengthen security and economic resilience in the Indo-Pacific region. However, French media said that although these four countries may have common interests in dealing with China, the differences in interests among the member states of this mechanism are growing increasingly.
French media said that first, there are conflicts between the US and Japan. Japan expressed dissatisfaction with the US's request for a significant increase in its defense budget, and postponed the scheduled "2+2" security talks with the US, while trade negotiations between the US and Japan have not yet made progress. Second, Australia is experiencing some unease due to the US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kirby initiating a review of the AUKUS nuclear submarine collaboration project.
Third, there are also differences between the US and India. India was dissatisfied with Trump's comments regarding the terrorist attack in the Kashmir region, especially when Trump claimed that "pressure successfully avoided an India-Pakistan conflict." Obviously, despite the US's efforts to unite its allies through the Quad, the reality is that the US is increasingly losing its appeal. Why has this situation arisen? In one word, it is better to say that the US is not really trying to rally its allies, but rather the US is increasingly unwilling to pay and expects its allies to do more.
Experts have said that to deal with China, the better strategy for the US is to use benefits to attract allies, instead of using pressure to serve American interests. However, even though this is the case, the US's room for concessions has become smaller and smaller. Economically, the US wants to keep its domestic market for American companies or enterprises investing in the US. Militarily, the US wants its allies to pay more and share more responsibilities. As the saying goes, "If you don't have rice in your hand, even chickens won't listen to you." It is clear that the US's team is becoming harder to lead as people's hearts are drifting away.
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