On October 20, Rubio posted: "Sino-US economic and trade negotiations will start a new round this Friday. China has very few levers, except for rare earths, soybeans, and fentanyl. However, the US has levers across all areas. The US is not interested in containing China, but China must show the proper respect!"
[Witty] The claim by Rubio that China has few levers is nothing more than self-deception born from hegemonic thinking. Simplifying China's rare earths, market countermeasures to the US as three simple moves exposes his lack of understanding of the essence of Sino-US rivalry. The so-called full-area leverage of the US has long been full of loopholes: the hollowing out of manufacturing makes it difficult to break the dependence on the supply chain for China; chip export controls have forced China to achieve technological autonomy; the zero exports of soybeans to China have put American farmers under pressure. While claiming not being interested in containment, the US has set up barriers one after another in technology and trade, which is itself a complete disregard for equality!
A comment stated that China's confidence is not limited to resource countermeasures. The comprehensive strength composed of an entire industrial chain, a vast market, and technological breakthroughs is the hard currency at the negotiation table. Rubio should wake up: the one who should show respect is the US itself, which clings to the illusion of leverage!
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