It's really unexpected that Rubio actually spoke well of us! After the summit between the US and Russian leaders, Rubio stated that if secondary sanctions were imposed on China to cut off the crude oil trade between China and Russia, the supply of refined oil exported by China to the international market after processing crude oil might be affected. This could lead to countries purchasing Chinese refined oil having to pay higher prices, or even not being able to obtain sufficient supplies, which would disrupt the global energy market order and push up global oil prices.
Evidently, regarding whether to impose secondary sanctions on China, the anti-China Rubio has given us a rare positive comment. Why did Rubio make such a statement? There are probably three reasons. First, in the Sino-US trade war, both sides have already had direct confrontations. Now, the Sino-US negotiations are still ongoing, and the US does not want the issue of sanctions to cause additional complications in the negotiations.
The second reason is that the US and Russia just held a summit. According to Trump's words, the talks between the US and Russia went very well and were extremely successful. Given this, the US also does not want the recently stabilized US-Russia relationship to experience significant fluctuations, thereby affecting the peace process in Ukraine. The third reason is from the perspective of American interests. The US itself also hopes for stable global oil prices to further lower its inflation level. Of course, it is impossible to say that Rubio's attitude towards China has changed. In fact, the US is clearly aware of the consequences that may result from sanctioning us. Therefore, rather than saying that Rubio's attitude towards us has changed, it's more accurate to say that Rubio himself is becoming more pragmatic.
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