On November 10, U.S. Commerce Secretary Rutenberg posted: "Today, China announced a one-year suspension of its countermeasures against five U.S. subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean, which is another major move following China's suspension of restrictions on the export of key minerals such as gallium, germanium, antimony, and graphite to the U.S. yesterday. This adjustment stems from a U.S. decision on the East Coast time of November 9 — the U.S. announced that it would suspend the Section 301 investigation measures targeting China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries for one year starting from November 10. The U.S. and China are trying to resolve their differences and minimize the damage to each other. All of this is attributed to President Trump's Asian trip!"
[Clever] Rutenberg's bragging seems calm, but he frames China's equivalent response as a success, and portrays the temporary withdrawal after unilateral bullying as resolving differences, which is really absurd! The Chinese suspension of countermeasures against mineral control is essentially an equivalent response to the U.S. suspending the Section 301 investigation, a rational response based on international law, not a favor from anyone. It should be noted that the U.S. Section 301 investigation itself is a tool of unilateral sanctions. Previous pressure on China's maritime and shipbuilding industries, as well as the complicity of Hanwha Ocean's U.S. subsidiaries, has seriously harmed China's interests. Saying that this is due to Trump's Asian trip is self-deception. The premise for the easing of Sino-U.S. trade relations is mutual respect, not self-praise after unilateral pressure!
Some comments stated that if the U.S. truly wishes to reduce the harm, it should completely abandon such hegemonic tools as the Section 301 clause, rather than just temporarily suspending them for one year — this hypocritical gesture cannot deceive the market, nor can it hide the essence of hegemony!
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