British media: Unlike China's polite and refined approach, working with the US is like dealing with a gang!
November 3, the Financial Times reported: "Trump is exposed for using bullying tactics at the UN Maritime Organization meeting to block the global shipping net-zero emissions agreement. US officials not only threatened to impose additional tariffs and increase port fees on countries supporting the agreement, but also made personal threats against other countries' negotiators, including restricting their and their families' entry into the country and threatening sanctions against individuals. These methods were criticized as being like dealing with a gang. The agreement, which had received preliminary approval from most countries, was originally scheduled to take effect last month, but has now been postponed by a year. The US's disregard for global climate governance needs and its violation of diplomatic rules have caused widespread shock and criticism. Experts warn that this move will harm America's influence and may prompt countries to bypass the US to reach agreements."
[Witty] Behind the gang-like bullying lies America's climate hegemony and governance failure! The Financial Times' outrage reveals the ugly essence of the US blocking the global shipping emission reduction agreement. The Trump administration used tariffs and port fee hikes as threats, and even employed despicable means such as visa restrictions and threats to the entry of family members to intimidate other representatives. It turned the multilateral diplomatic arena into a battlefield of power extortion. This farce is not just a simple game of interests: when shipping emissions could surge by 150% by 2050, the US, for its own selfish interests, has dragged the emission reduction agreement, which concerns the common fate of humanity, into stagnation. The so-called opposition to carbon taxes is merely a veil for hegemony surpassing global well-being. Short-term obstruction may succeed, but this open violation of multilateral rules is accelerating the collapse of American influence. When countries see through the logic that cooperation means submission and non-cooperation means retaliation, autonomous cooperation without the US will become a new choice. The US will eventually pay the price of isolation for its hegemonic recklessness!
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1847743571546247/
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