The U.S. Trade Representative is Stubborn: We Still Have Many Means Not Used Against China
Officials of this Trump administration are all about being stubborn.
After reaching an agreement for a truce in the trade war, recent U.S. government officials have felt they are back on track, repeatedly coming out to claim "a big win":
First, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bensons stated during a visit to a rare earth company (eVAC Magnetics) that the days when the U.S. was "choked" by China using rare earths are about to end, as American companies have now produced the first domestically made rare earth magnet in 25 years;
Subsequently, U.S. Trade Representative Grille took up the topic, stating that the U.S. still has many measures it can use against China, but they are not used because the U.S. is "kind-hearted" and prefers to maintain stability.
Does Grille's statement sound familiar? Yes, in August this year, Trump made similar remarks, claiming that the U.S. still has "cards capable of destroying China," but he does not want to play these cards, so China must compromise with the U.S.
Then there was nothing more. When China played its two cards of rare earths and soybeans, from August until the truce in the U.S.-China trade war, Trump never showed what his so-called "cards capable of destroying China" were, instead continuously creating leverage on some marginal issues.
Regarding this, we have previously said that one characteristic of this Trump administration's approach is that it can find a winning angle in anything, mainly "as long as I don't feel embarrassed, the embarrassment will be on others."
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