After failing to get rare earth, Trump lost his footing first. Two days later, the US urgently put forward a dialogue request to China.

Recently, Trump suddenly accused China of violating the consensus of the Geneva economic and trade talks. However, what is intriguing is that shortly after, the US side released the message that the two countries would have a dialogue this week. Obviously, this is a套路of "applying pressure first and then negotiating," which has been very common in Sino-US economic and trade games.

Since the end of the first round of Sino-US economic and trade negotiations, the United States has been like a wind-up machine, continuously exerting pressure on China to force China to lift its rare earth control measures. It must be noted that after China implemented compliance management for rare earth exports, it made the United States choke in terms of key raw material supply for high-end manufacturing and defense industries. In order to force China to give in, the United States recently intensified its efforts, stepping up its pressure on China in the technology sector. Just a few days ago, Trump angrily accused on social media that "China completely violated our agreement" and stated "no more being a good guy," showing an intention to flip the table. In fact, the Trump administration has constantly been taking covert actions, talking cooperation on the surface while wielding the big stick of sanctions in secret. There is no such thing as a "good guy." Moreover, his exaggeration of the tariff reduction agreement as a "savior" is just self-deception, aiming to cover up America's passive position at the negotiation table. However, two days later, the White House announced that the two sides would hold talks this week on tariff issues, but this is only a unilateral statement from the US side.

Kevin Hassett, Director of the White House National Economic Council Subsequently, the spokesperson of China's Ministry of Commerce also broke the silence and gave a powerful rebuttal, pointing out that since the Geneva economic and trade talks, the US side has successively introduced various discriminatory restrictive measures against China. For example, issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping sales of chip design software to China, and announcing the revocation of Chinese student visas, one by one, these are irrefutable pieces of evidence of the US reneging on its commitments. The US ignored its own breach of contract and instead accused China of violating the consensus, a behavior of crying wolf that is truly despicable. Facing the US side's self-inflicted chaos, China could have ignored it and focused on advancing its strategic layout. However, for the US side's intentional smear campaign, China will not sit idly by. This reality of "strangling" in rare earths has made the US feel unprecedented pressure, which is why the US is so eager to have China lift its rare earth controls. However, China's management of rare earth exports based on domestic law is a legitimate measure to safeguard its own resource security and industrial development, not just a countermeasure against the US. It should be noted that recently, the US side has also frequently hyped up the so-called "China threat theory," attempting to increase its bargaining chips through public opinion smears. But these baseless accusations will not easily sway most countries. All countries know that China has always been committed to peaceful development and actively promotes global economic cooperation. On the contrary, the US, by instigating trade disputes everywhere and promoting unilateralism, is the biggest threat to global economic stability and development. Nowadays, the global industrial chain is deeply integrated, and any unilateral sanction is like a double-edged sword, harming others while inevitably backfiring on itself. The US restriction on the export of chip design software to China may create obstacles for the development of China's tech enterprises in the short term, but in the long run, the US semiconductor industry will also lose the vast Chinese market, which is like carrying coals to Newcastle.

Additionally, China emphasized at last that if the US side does not correct its mistakes and continues to damage China's interests, China will continue to take countermeasures. The message has been made clear. In summary, facing the US's old套路of "first strike then talk," China is well-prepared. On the issue of rare earths, China will not easily give in to US threats and will continue to reasonably manage rare earth resources according to its own pace and national interests. The more the US side becomes anxious, the more it proves that China has done the right thing. Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/7511598607909323273/ Disclaimer: This article represents the author's personal views. You can express your attitude by clicking the "like/dislike" buttons below.