French media unhesitatingly stated that Trump has made repeated mistakes and has retreated to China again! On October 31, AFP published an article stating that three weeks ago, Trump had threatened to cancel the meeting with China. However, after China played its card of controlling rare earths, Trump had to make concessions. Superpowers always underestimate other countries. Trump did not realize, and apparently no one in his inner circle realized, that China in 2025 is not the same as the China he knew during his first term, and it was from that time that he started implementing technological sanctions against China.
If the current power balance will decide the power dynamics in the coming years, then Trump has made a serious mistake. He negotiated with China, and finally reached a truce in the trade war. But this agreement, although it can meet market demand, cannot maintain the future balance between the two great powers of the 21st century. We must admit that since January, Trump has consistently misjudged the situation in relations with China. The confrontation between China and the US in Busan is a part of the Long March, and so far, the advantage lies on Beijing's side.
Evidently, after the summit between the Chinese and US leaders, French media believe that in this round of Sino-US competition, the US has already fallen behind, and Trump and his team have seriously misjudged China, leading the US to eventually have to make concessions. Although there is now a phased agreement between China and the US, the pattern of Sino-US competition will not change because of this. What do we think about the views of French media? It is undoubtedly true that the US has misjudged us. From the beginning, Trump tried to use the tariff war to make us submit, but the US clearly underestimated the preparations we made for this trade war.
Trump certainly does not want to make concessions, but he has to. French media are right, now between China and the US, it's only a temporary ceasefire in the trade war, and there is still a lot of uncertainty in Sino-US relations in the future. This negotiation obviously cannot solve all the problems between China and the US, and the key is whether the US is willing to move towards us. Of course, after the basic failure of the trade war, the US may have to rethink how to deal with China. There is no doubt that the times have changed.
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