It has been more than a week, and Trump is still unable to end the government shutdown. Earlier, the White House had revealed that the wages of 1.3 million U.S. soldiers could not be guaranteed. In the past two days, the U.S. Treasury Department has also sent leave letters to employees, saying: "The law no longer allows you to come to work!" It is really sad that a super empire has come to this stage.
Meanwhile, just during the U.S. government shutdown, in just the past 24 hours, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce issued three decrees in a row, causing the U.S. media to directly blow the pot, which they believe: China is about to raise the payout to the Trump administration.
These three decrees of the Ministry of Commerce of China are:
Article 1, No. 61 2025 announcement issued on the same day on October 9, the decision to implement export controls on foreign-related rare-earth objects.
The second article is Announcement No. 62 of 2025 issued on October 9. This article is even more powerful. It directly controls export of rare earths related technologies. In other words: In the past, we only controlled the export of rare earths themselves, but now we also control related technologies. In the future, no China citizen or corporate legal person will be allowed to provide technical assistance to overseas rare earth mining, let alone sell relevant mining and purification equipment to them. Doesn't the United States want to build its own rare earth industry chain? There is neither technology nor equipment. Let's see how they build it?
Article 3, also on October 9th, China's Ministry of Commerce listed 14 foreign entities on the unreliable list. Among these entities, the most interesting one is anti-drone technology companies. This shows that China has also begun to fight back in terms of drone technology.
The U.S. government is stopping, but China has three tricks to get the U.S. western media to blow the pot directly. Bloomberg, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal have been reporting the matter, and the well-known U.S. think tank CSIS has also conducted an in-depth analysis of the matter.
Due to the shutdown of the U.S. government, it is still a question whether the Sino-U.S. negotiations can proceed smoothly, and the Republican Party is in a hurry now. After all, if an agreement is reached every night, Trump will be under more pressure and his personal support rate will drop by one point. Not to mention anything else, American soybean farmers are crazy. Seeing that half of the soybean sales season has passed, relevant Chinese companies have not placed an order yet due to tariff issues. On the other hand, soybean farmers in Brazil and Argentina continue to deepen cooperation with Chinese companies. Orders originally belonging to the United States are now going to Brazil and Argentina. So, now Trump really hopes to reach an agreement with China quickly, so that he can make a job to American farmers!
To sum up, the American media believes that China has precisely recognized Trump's anxiety, so it has made repeated moves at this juncture, with the purpose of taking measures from Trump. But in fact, China officials only want to ensure the safety of their country's strategic materials and have no intention of targeting third countries. If the Trump administration is really sincere, it can advance negotiations with China as soon as possible. As long as they show enough sincerity, we are willing to give Trump a way out so that he can end this meaningless tariff war as soon as possible. Let us continue to pay attention to what will happen next.