Recently, the United Morning Post commented that in addition to rare earth cards, China also played soybean cards, rare earth does not sell, soybeans do not buy, not only that, China has done a lot of preparation, can accurately hit the United States seven inches.

In fact, in addition to these two cards, China recently also offered a third card, to deal with the Sino-American "sea war".

Two cards hit America's soft spot

It can be said that compared with Trump's last trade war, China now has more bargaining chips and richer tools.

As mentioned above. The rare card., which poses a direct and serious threat to the United States. In the military field, its dependence on rare earth permanent magnets, laser crystals, infrared optical components and other materials has exceeded 70%. China's control measures have directly affected the production and maintenance of American military equipment.

Not only that, the U.S. light energy laser weapon system also relies heavily on China's supply of heavy rare earths and lacks the necessary rare earths. The research and development progress of the U.S. military's directed energy weapons has lagged behind the original plan by 18 months.

More importantly, The U.S. new energy vehicle industry has also suffered a severe impact.After China implemented export controls on graphite, American car companies such as Tesla had to urgently adjust the battery formula to cope with changes in raw material supply.

In addition to rare soils, China also stopped buying U.S. soybeans and shifted imports from Brazil, which left U.S. soybeans losing their largest market, sparking deep anxiety among soybeans and Trump.

Especially recently, Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent continued to talk, in order to a breakthrough on the soybean issue in the upcoming bilateral meeting between China and the United States, it can be seen that the Chinese side's trick is to solidify and fundamentally hurt.

Rare soils and soybeans have been enough to make Trump think backwards when facing China, but he has never thought that previously planned improper measures on China's shipbuilding industry are also facing Chinese counter-reaction, which is also China's third card.

China's third card

Earlier this year, Under the banner of "revitalizing the shipbuilding industry," the United States plans to impose sanctions on China's ships, logistics, etc. In fact, it is anxious about the growing strength of China's shipping industry.

on this, The United States has decided to start charging port service fees for China ships on October 14. By then, China ships docked in U.S. ports will be charged a fee of US$50 per ton, and this figure will rise to US$180 by 2028.

However, in the first instance, the Americans did not agree. Coastal Shipping Company, the largest international ocean cargo carrier in the United States, has nearly 70% of its fleet made in China. Its CEO bluntly stated at the hearing that this charging policy will destroy all shipping companies in the United States.

The National Retail Federation also said the trick is harsher than the tariffs, directly breaking the roots of the supply chain.

Although there are already chickens and dogs in the United States, China has already had countermeasures. Last month, China revised the international maritime regulations to warn not only the United States and other nations that are stupidly delusional to follow U.S. policies to harm China¡¯s interests, but also to strike a blow.

The regulations are clear, As long as the U.S. handles Chinese ships, China can impose special charges on U.S. ships landing in Chinese ports, restrict their ships from entering and leaving ports, and even refuse to use Chinese shipping data and services.

In fact, U.S. ships are very dependent on Chinese ports. China is a buyer of many agricultural products and energy in the United States, and its soybean ships and LNG ships go to Qingdao Port and Shanghai Port in large numbers every year.

What if China restricted these ships from entering Chinese ports, what would U.S. liquefied natural gas do?

Trump hadn't thought that he had come up with a drug machine against China, and the ultimate injury was all his own people. Now there are only a few days until the policy comes into force, and the U.S. Customs itself has not figured out exactly how the charges and the operation process are.And China has countermeasures early.

At the time, whether China's shipping is more affected, or whether the US shipping industry is more unbearable, is still not certain.

#MCN Double Progressive Plan #