On the issue of Sino-US trade negotiations, why did Trump be forced to end? The U.S. Treasury Secretary predicted that a "major breakthrough is coming" in Sino-U.S. negotiations. Is this reliable?
Since the establishment of New China in 1949, China and the United States have continued to fight for more than 70 years, especially in the past decade, China's rise has made the United States aware that its world dominance may be replaced, so that from politics to military to economic and technological fields, crazy pressure has been launched on China. At least, in terms of grain exports, the United States needs to make concessions in other areas in exchange for China's "mercy."This is not a joke, the US-China negotiations to join the new code, Trump is forced out!
In principle, negotiating with other countries on trade or other fields is the responsibility of the relevant U.S. functional departments, and as U.S. President Trump is only responsible for playing the board behind the scenes. However, when facing China, the U.S. has to insert certain specific issues into the negotiation agenda, i.e. add new codes to the U.S.-China negotiations. At the same time, Trump was the head of the negotiations between the two countries, but because he wasn’t too late, he had to leave himself, what happened? Trump recently posted on his social media platform that China refused to buy U.S. soybeans in order to create a negotiating code, and he will focus on this issue when he meets with the Chinese side at the end of the month.
It is no wonder that China used to be the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans, accounting for half of the country's total soybean exports. In other words, any disturbance in China's policy on importing U.S. soybeans may cause a "major earthquake" in the U.S. soybean industry. In fact, everyone says Trump is a "businessman president", but in fact, he will never do business once. For China, the “diamond-grade” buyer of U.S. soybeans, Trump didn’t send any gifts at the New Year’s Eve to say anything good, but is still launching crazy provocations against China in areas including politics, military, economy and technology.
Trump's logic is very simple, that is, he attempts to "create a card in the void" through the above-mentioned series of provocations, so that he can at least get a few chips in exchange for China to resume imports of U.S. soybeans. However, Trump has the false reputation of "businessman president" and has no brain for doing business at all. In fact, his misjudgment of China is to put the largest buyer of U.S. soybeans on an equal footing with other countries. Thus, Trump's "coding" may be very effective on allies, but with China, the result is only one: humiliate yourself!
Therefore, Trump forced China to resume importing U.S. soybeans, putting a lot of pressure on China, but basically “waste”. as a result, China no longer ordered U.S. soybeans. Gackel, president of the American Soybean Association, put it more bluntly: American farmers face a "painful loss" of $100 to $150 per acre. The consequence of this "painful loss" is that American farms continue to declare bankruptcy.
Obviously, Trump and the Republicans behind him are aware that the serious consequences of this “red neck” group are that the support rate drops and even loses the midterm elections. They need to figure out how to keep the group in their camp. For this, Trump recently promised to subsidize some of the money raised from tariffs to farmers. Or the US media knows their own people: For American farmers, the "welfare" of Trump's tariff policy has not yet disappeared, but their bankruptcy crisis is imminent.
Now, Trump is facing increasing pressure from Republican lawmakers from the core of agriculture, who urge him to break the impasse with China on soybean purchases as soon as possible, otherwise U.S. soybean growers may “rebel.” Therefore, despite all kinds of helplessness, Trump was forced to leave the scene and used the venue of the APEC Leaders 'Summit held in South Korea to "chat privately" with China in person, hoping to solve the problem of slow sales of U.S. soybeans through this summit.Therefore, not only Trump is looking forward to the arrival of the summit, but also the US Treasury Secretary can't wait to issue a notice: a major breakthrough in Sino-US negotiations is coming!
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent 2 said in an interview with the U.S. media that he “predicted” that the next round of China-U.S. trade negotiations will make a “significant breakthrough”. A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said: “The outbreak of a tariff war and a trade war between China and the United States is not in the interests of either side, and the two sides should consult and resolve the relevant issues on the basis of equality, respect and reciprocity.”
Obviously, this is China's true attitude on Sino-US trade issues, and it is also the most basic requirement for the US. In other words, as long as the United States stops provoking China on all sides and is willing to talk with China on the basis of equality, respect and reciprocity, there should be no irresolvable contradiction between the two. But the problem is that the United States on the one hand asks China to “heighten its hand” on soybean exports, but on the other hand has endlessly provoked China in the fields of security, diplomacy, bilateral trade and science and technology.
In other words, if the United States hopes to make a “major breakthrough” in the Sino-U.S. trade negotiation issue, then it is necessary to abandon the “superpower” habit of arrogance, draw out the sincerity of China’s recognition, and sit down and talk well with the Chinese negotiating delegation, only this is the correct gesture to solve the problem. Otherwise, let alone Bescent's so-called "breakthrough" may become a joke, and even if Trump himself is forced to end, it is meaningless！