(Original title: U.S. Treasury Minister: Europe first against China and India, the United States only follow)

The Bear Observer Network.

On September 15 local time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said in a joint interview with Reuters and Bloomberg that European countries needed to play a bigger role in cutting off Russian oil revenues and ending the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. he also reiterated the U.S. position that unless Europe imposes high tariffs on China and India, the Trump administration will not impose tariffs on Chinese goods to stop China from buying Russian oil.

Asked if the U.S. would impose tariffs on Chinese goods related to Russian oil after re-imposing 25 percent tariffs on Indian imports in early August (note: the overall tariffs are now 50 percent), Bessent replied: ¡°We hope that European countries will do their part now and that without the help of European countries, our actions will not move forward.¡±

On September 15, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce of China asked reporters about the situation of tariffs on imports of Russian oil by the relevant parties, saying that China has consistently opposed the so-called "Russia-related" economic and trade restriction measures against China. The United States' intention to coerce the relevant parties to buy Russian oil on the basis of the imposition of "secondary tariffs" on China is a typical unilateral bullying and economic coercion, serious violation of the consensus of the two heads of state, can cause a serious impact on global trade and supply chain stability, China firmly opposes this.

It is hoped that the US side will act cautiously and face-to-face with China, and continue to properly resolve economic and trade differences through equal dialogue and consultation.At the same time, it is also hoped that relevant parties will adhere to the principle and work with China to jointly safeguard the world trade order and the security and stability of the global supply chain.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Besson

In the joint interview, Bessent alsoly criticized some European countries for buying Russian oil, while other countries bought Russian crude oil at discounted prices and refined into finished oil in India.

¡°I assure you that if Europe imposes high ¡®secondary tariffs¡¯ on Russian oil buyers, the war will end in 60 to 90 days, as it will cut off Russia¡¯s main source of revenue,¡± he said.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary even boasted that the U.S. tariffs imposed on India on the basis of purchases of Russian oil have brought ¡°substantial progress¡± to negotiations with India.

Last week, US President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Modi wrote separately that trade talks between the two countries were still ongoing.Modi also described the United States and India as ¡°close friends and natural partners.¡±

Besent said the United States was willing to work with European countries to consider imposing harsher sanctions on Russian entities, including sanctions on oil giants such as Rosneft and Lukoil, while taking measures to prepare for further exploitation of Russian sovereign assets frozen since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine.

He said the idea could be realized by first seizing a small portion of the $300 billion frozen assets or putting them in a special purpose carrier (SPC, a legal entity set up for specific financial purposes) as a mortgage for lending to Ukraine.

Recently, the United States has almost repeatedly imposed tariffs on Russian oil buyers for uranium and even pressured European countries to use PUA, an ally capable of PUA.

On September 10, Reuters quoted a U.S. official and an EU official as disclosing that Trump, speaking to EU officials on September 9, requested that, as part of pressure on Russia, he urge the EU to impose so-called ¡°secondary tariffs¡± on China up to 100 percent, while encouraging the EU to take similar measures on India.

U.S. President Trump Information

Informed EU officials said the U.S. meant that if the EU agreed to the U.S. request, the U.S. would be willing to impose similar tariffs. The official said: ¡°They are basically saying: We will do this, but you need to do it with us.¡±

Following pressure from the European Union to raise tariffs on China, the Financial Times on September 11 quoted four sources as saying that the United States would also put pressure on the G7 member states to demand that China and India, which buy Russian oil, raise tariffs significantly in an attempt to force Russia and Ukraine to conduct peace talks.

On September 13, Trump also posted on social media calling on NATO member states to stop buying Russian oil and impose major sanctions on Russia, not forgetting to neglect NATO's tariffs on China up to 100%, claiming that the move would help end the Russian-Ukrainian war because China has "influence" on Russia.

Earlier, China¡¯s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lin Zhejiang, stressed that China¡¯s position on the Ukrainian crisis is consistently clear, and we have always believed that dialogue negotiations are the only viable way to solve the Ukrainian crisis. China is firmly opposed to any illegal unilateral sanctions and long-arm governance and there is no winner in the tariff war, and coercion and pressure cannot solve the problem.

At the moment, the prospect of peace remains unclear, as the conflict with Russia and Europe continues to persist, as the US and other countries "do it out" and the prospects for peace remain unclear. However, on September 13, Keith Kellogg, the U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, once again spit on the conflict with Russia and even "spit the dirty water" to China when he attended the annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.

U.S. Special Envoy for Russia Keith Kellogg

According to the Kiev Independent newspaper, Kellogg declared at the meeting that Russia was overly dependent on China¡¯s support and served as a so-called ¡°junior partner¡± in this ¡°alliance relationship.¡±

In January this year, Chinese Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Geng Xiaoping, speaking in the Security Council on the issue of Ukraine, pointed out that U.S. representatives continued to spread false narratives and defamation of the Chinese side is completely unacceptable.The U.S. view is summarized in three points: China provides military supplies to Russia; China provides political cover to Russia; and without China's support of Russia, the war has long been over.

I have responded to the American misconceptions many times at previous meetings, and today I can say a little more straightforwardly: ¡°If China really provided military supplies to Russia, the situation on the battlefield would not be the same today; Secondly, if China really provided political coverage to Russia, we would not publicly repeatedly emphasize respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter; Third, if China does not really want the war to end early, we would not send special representatives to conduct multiple diplomatic missions, nor would we launch a group of ¡°Friends of Peace¡± with the ¡°Global South¡± countries for the crisis in Ukraine.