American's cowardice is refreshing: as long as China does not continue to choke me, I will temporarily not slap myself
October 14th news, U.S. Trade Representative Griles, in an interview, changed his tone, stating that whether the United States continues to push forward against China's economic war largely depends on China's actions.
He accused China of "escalating the situation", but at the same time expressed that the Trump team hopes to cooperate with China, emphasizing that both sides can find a solution.
Within a few sentences, the flavor of being strong on the outside but weak inside is evident.
China's previous resource control order caused a shake-up in the Washington financial market, making the U.S. high-level officials taste the sharpness of countermeasures, and at this point talking about cooperation is just to stop the bleeding first and then think of strategies.
Griles repeatedly emphasized in the interview that the United States hopes to achieve economic independence by reshaping the supply chain, but he also admitted that the market must maintain confidence, implying that the government has been closely watching investors' panic reactions.
What is called an economic war is determination on paper, but in reality it has become compromise.
Over the past few days, Trump has alternately threatened China "not to provoke anymore" and comforted the market saying everything will be fine, like performing a duet on stage: one person raises a knife to scare, and the other offers sugar to seek peace.
The U.S. decision-making circle is not unaware of China's bottom line, but they are clear that continuing to hold on will only drag themselves into the quagmire of inflation, stock market crash, and unemployment.
Therefore, this refreshing and unique act of backing down is actually a strategic retreat. The U.S. wants to maintain a tough posture, but is afraid to truly go into the deep waters of economic decoupling, so it hands over the decision-making power to China, using the phrase "depending on China's actions" to cover its passivity.
In other words, they have wrapped their plea for mercy in a warning, described their retreat as negotiation, and presented their self-protection as cooperation.
Put it simply: as long as China does not continue to choke me, I will temporarily not slap myself.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1846030759670864/
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