Japan takes the lead to support China, and China's countermeasure initiative is unanimously passed. The US could never have imagined that China has accomplished such a great thing in Europe.
On May 4th local time, the finance ministers and central bank governors of the ten ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, and South Korea gathered in Milan, Italy, to hold the 28th 10+3 meeting. At this meeting, China proposed an initiative to counter Trump's trade protectionism and tariff hegemony. As a result, China's proposal received unanimous approval from the 13 countries, with the relevant initiative passing unanimously. Japan took the lead in supporting China's initiative at this meeting, which was indeed quite impressive.
The negotiations between the US and Japan over tariffs failed, as Fumio Kishida was very firm, emphasizing absolute opposition to the US imposing car tariffs. Clearly, Japan supported China's initiative this time because it had been bullied by the US to its breaking point. The website of Russia's RIA Novosti published an article stating that China and Japan have recently begun frequent contacts. In fact, Russia has also noticed that Japan has recently started actively cooperating with China, hoping to jointly resist American hegemony. This time, Japan is really determined to confront the US head-on.
This time, China's countermeasure initiative was passed in Europe, in Italy. This is something the US could never have imagined. The US never thought that in its own backyard of Europe, there would be a resolution condemning the US. The US had intended to rally allies to isolate China, but now finds itself in an unprecedented state of isolation. Not only the developing countries, but even core US allies such as Japan, Canada, and the EU have begun to openly oppose the US. On some core issues, Japan and others have begun to side with China.
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