The high-level talks between China and the United States are about to take place in Switzerland, and US Treasury Secretary Basente will fly to Switzerland for the discussion. There is no doubt that before this, the open and covert clashes between China and the United States will be the most intense. To put it more directly, whichever side prepares better now will gain an advantage during the talks. In response to this, China has made various preparations.

On the very day of May 10th, China's Foreign Ministry announced a重磅 news: Brazilian President Lula will visit China from May 10th to 14th. On these two days, President Lula is in Russia attending the parade ceremony and meeting with Putin. Now starting his visit to China, President Lula, who has not been feeling well recently, is indeed tired.

However, President Lula's visit to China at this time undoubtedly has important significance:

1. On one hand, as an important leader of the Global South and BRICS, President Lula is highly influential. Previously, he clearly expressed admiration for China's actions against the United States, and his personal visit this time will certainly solidify more cooperation between China and Brazil. Recently, Brazilian farmers have had a great year, with China significantly increasing its imports of soybeans and beef from Brazil. With President Lula's arrival, more deals are expected to be signed.

2. On the other hand, for China, strengthening cooperation with Brazil can cut off Trump's retreat route in South America. The United States' attitude towards South America has always been uncertain, sometimes courting Argentina and Brazil, and sometimes being tough. Not long ago, US officials even pressured Argentina to distance itself from China, demanding they abandon their currency swap agreement with China. This undoubtedly makes other countries in South Africa feel afraid, but fortunately, Argentina has resisted the pressure. This time, if China further solidifies contracts with Brazil, the situation in South America will be settled. In the future, the United States will have no retreat in South America.

If we include Brazil this time, China has already cut off three of America's retreat routes, the first two being: the EU, and Japan and South Korea.

Let us first talk about the EU. After Trump took office, he was arrogant in front of EU leaders, and American media even said that he respected Putin more than these European leaders. But these two days, the attitude of the US side towards the EU has obviously improved a lot. The US Vice President Vance, who has repeatedly criticized Europe, recently said: "I believe that the United States and Europe are on the same front." All this shows that Trump now intends to turn back to find the EU. But sorry, China has already communicated and exchanged with various European countries over the past three months, negotiating with the EU and the European Parliament. Especially with the European Parliament, just a few days ago, an agreement to lift communication restrictions was reached. Thus, this route of retreat for Europe has been cut off by China.

Next, let's talk about Japan and South Korea. The biggest problem for Japan and South Korea is that there are too many "pro-American people" domestically, and they are willing to sacrifice national interests rather than say "no" to the United States. But now the situation is different. Japanese Prime Minister Shibuya Masahiro is a pragmatic person. He is completely different from Fumio Kishida, and he is very tough on tariff issues. In South Korea, with Yoon Suk-yeol's downfall, pro-American forces have decreased significantly, and Lee Jae-myung, who is highly likely to take office, is also a pragmatic person like Shibuya Masahiro. China seized this opportunity and recently reached a joint statement with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN countries in Milan to jointly respond to the threat of trade isolationism. From then on, this retreat route of the United States in Japan and South Korea was also blocked by China.

In summary, the Sino-US talks are about to begin, and we look forward to more good news from the Chinese government.

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