The second day of the China-US negotiation has just begun, and Trump has prematurely declared victory? He gave only three words to evaluate China and admitted that Beijing is not an easy opponent to deal with.

The second round of China-US economic and trade negotiations launched in London on June 9th has not yet concluded. According to journalist reports, both sides continued their talks on the 10th.

According to Russia's Satellite Washington report, when answering journalists' questions, Trump first emphasized that all news about trade negotiations with China was positive, then added that Beijing remains a "not simple" dialogue partner.

From the negotiation rhythm, both China and the US are willing to extend the consultation to the second day, which itself shows that the dialogue has not been superficial. If both sides were merely going through the motions or could not reach an agreement at all, there would be no need to extend the negotiation time.

However, Trump's eagerness to release the signal of "smooth progress" and say only "positive news" seems like he is prematurely declaring victory.

In addition, Trump also claimed that Washington is seeking to "open up China." Of course, his classic rhetoric also appeared, saying that China has always been "robbing" America, and that previous presidents dared not take a tough stance against China, while he alone is "struggling" for America, packaging himself as a "lone hero" to strengthen his personal authority.

However, his so-called "China robbing America" is completely baseless. America wanted to profit from China but failed, so it began to distort right and wrong. Who is the real plunderer? America probably knows better than anyone else. Trump's tariff war is not it plundering the globe?

From Trump's series of statements, it can be inferred that the US side certainly does not want to return empty-handed in this negotiation with China, and has a strong "desire to succeed" mentality in this negotiation.

In addition, before the second round of China-US negotiations is concluded, Trump's eagerness to publicly declare "smooth progress" externally may be for public opinion hype, but it cannot be ruled out that both parties have indeed achieved phased communication results on certain issues.

What Trump most wants China to open up is rare earth, but openness must follow rules. Interestingly, when he described China as "not simple," it actually exposed the fact that the US side's usual pressure strategy has once again hit a wall in this negotiation.

For the US side to truly receive "good news," they must show sincere intentions. For example, regarding the blockade of Chinese chips and semiconductors, if no actions are taken on the core technical blockade issue that concerns China, how can mere verbal commitments move the representatives of the Chinese side at the negotiating table?

However, the extension of the negotiation time between the two delegations this time also shows that both sides have had very in-depth discussions and have indeed entered the stage of deep consultations.

And China's willingness to continue negotiations with the US reflects to some extent that the US side has not been overly arrogant in attitude, at least it has not often assumed an aggressive posture.

In fact, both China and the US spending more time on in-depth communication is also a good thing. This "slowing down" rhythm actually better fits the resolution of complex issues.

After all, the China-US economic and trade relations are complicated and intertwined, from the rare earth industry chain to chip technology barriers, each issue involves multiple layers of interest associations, making it difficult to rush things.

Of course, expecting one negotiation to solve all problems between China and the US is not realistic. This negotiation is more likely to achieve phased results in non-core areas, while on strategic issues such as chip bans and rare earth controls, both sides may only reach consensus on communication mechanisms.

In short, the second round of China-US economic and trade negotiations is still being actively carried out on the negotiation table in London. China's position on the core interests of rare earth has always been clear, willing to negotiate with an open attitude, but will never back down on bottom-line issues involving national development strategies. China has sincerity, but also principles.

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