The U.S. government has been shut down for several days, and Trump is now overwhelmed, but what he didn't expect was that China was doing great things in silence. It's useless for him to be anxious now, because he can't stop it anymore.
For the first time in seven years, the US government has stopped, and how much is the loss?Hassett, head of the National Economic Commission, said a few hours ago that the loss is likely to be $15 billion a week.
Large government cuts are difficult to avoid, and a large number of institutions, including those residing abroad, are unable to function properly.
2. There may be a greater crisis within the US military. According to a White House spokesman, at present, the salary of 1.3 million American soldiers has not been settled, and some military families have begun to go to relief stations to get food. At the same time, two command generals have announced their resignation. It can be said that the Pentagon is in an "unprecedented" crisis, depending on whether Trump can hold these American generals next.
The next U.S., where to go from, is the world is concerned about. and for us Chinese netizens, we are most concerned about whether the Sino-U.S. trade talks will be affected, whether the fifth round of negotiations can go smoothly? on this matter, the two days before U.S. finance minister Bessent, when mentioned, still seems quite confident, he clearly believes that the government shutdown will not affect the big things between the Sino-U.S. and, he also believes that soon the Sino-U.S. negotiations will have a major breakthrough.
We don’t know whether Bessent’s words will come true, but we can be sure that the big things China is about to do in recent days will surprise Trump:
On October 5th, Beijing time, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially announced that from October 7th to October 12th, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Italy and Switzerland for important dialogues at the foreign minister level. This time, China did not officially announce it until one or two days before Wang Yi's departure. The official announcement information showed that Italy and Switzerland took the initiative to invite Wang Yi to go. It can be seen that this is an important matter to discuss.
At present, European countries such as Italy and Switzerland have contradictory situations:
1. On the one hand, Europe is watching the Trump administration come to this point step by step. All kinds of chaos in the United States have made European countries see clearly the emptiness of the US military and the chaos of the government. They are gradually disenchanting the super empire of the United States. Coupled with the "reciprocal tariff" initiated by Trump, the EU has suffered a lot, so they know that if Europe holds the thigh of the United States again, it will not end well.
2. But on the other hand, Europe is hesitant to promote cooperation with China. They are worried that this will destroy the alliance between Europe and the United States, and they are even more afraid that China and the EU will not be able to successfully establish mutual trust. Coupled with the current Russia-Ukraine war, Europe is still counting on the United States to sell weapons to Ukraine, so it is even more afraid of the United States.
However, since Italy and Switzerland will invite Wang Yi to pass this time, it is natural that there is a new idea, not excluding that they will choose to go hard with the United States once. After all, now the U.S. government has stopped, many things have not stopped Europe. As for us China, we have never thought of "being sick with the United States, step again." China's cooperation with all European countries is beneficial to both Central and European countries, and it also has a positive meaning for world trade. As for the US-China negotiations, let us continue to pay attention to see if, as Besson said, there can be greater progress.