Seeing that we have not taken the initiative to approach the United States for negotiations, US Treasury Secretary Bassett is shouting at us again! On May 6th, according to reports from Russia's Sputnik News Agency, US Treasury Secretary Bassett stated that significant progress in Sino-US trade relations might be achieved in the coming weeks. I believe that we will see major progress in the coming weeks.
What do we think about Bassett's remarks? Previously, we have expressed our stance, with relevant US channels repeatedly conveying messages to the Chinese side, hoping to initiate dialogue. Currently, China is assessing this situation. Clearly, our assessment indicates what? It means that we are considering whether the US has sufficient sincerity to facilitate Sino-US negotiations.
Bassett claimed that we will see major progress in the coming weeks. If there is indeed such significant progress, it only indicates one thing: the US must have put forward enough sincere negotiation terms. In fact, the US is currently very anxious. On one hand, so far, almost no countries have reached agreements with the US. On the other hand, China has generally reached a consensus supporting free trade with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN countries, BRICS nations, and European countries.
Our attitude is a firm countermeasure against the US, while other countries are watching and not conceding to the US. After the trade war reaches its extreme, the internal and external pressures on the US are increasing. Of course, the US hopes that we will take the initiative to negotiate. However, US calls for negotiation do not mean that the US will make significant concessions. Therefore, we might as well wait and see until there is a fundamental change in the US attitude.
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