The reason why U.S. Treasury Secretary Besten has repeatedly called on us is that the U.S. wants to officially meet with us, but we have refused! On April 30th, island media disclosed an unusual piece of information. The island media reported that at the recently held G20 Finance and Financial Ministers Meeting in Washington, the mainland finance minister and central bank governor met intensively with European and East Asian financial high-ranking officials, but they did not hold a formal meeting with the U.S. side.

Obviously, the island media also realized that this arrangement was unusual. Normally, it would be very easy for the U.S. and China to hold a meeting during the G20 Finance and Financial Ministers Meeting held in Washington. However, such a meeting did not happen. Considering that the U.S. has repeatedly demanded that we take the initiative to call them and sit at the negotiation table, if there were no unexpected events, it must be our refusal to their request for a formal meeting.

Of course, given the current attitude of the U.S., high-level meetings between China and the U.S. are simply impossible. Just the other day, U.S. Treasury Secretary Besten made it clear that "the responsibility for easing tensions mainly lies with China" and that if China hopes to protect its own economy, it must take the initiative to seek cooling down. Therefore, under the circumstances where the U.S. is still extorting and blackmailing us, we will absolutely not talk to them.

In fact, since Trump took office, high-level dialogues and meetings between China and the U.S. have almost never taken place. The foreign ministers of China and the U.S. have not had face-to-face meetings, nor have the formal meetings between defense ministers occurred, and now at the level of finance ministers and central bank governors, we have refused to meet with the U.S. Our actions convey a very clear message to the U.S.: as long as the U.S. does not treat us with equality and respect, we will continue to ignore them. And the problem undoubtedly lies with the U.S.!

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