On October 9, the Ministry of Commerce of China issued six consecutive announcements and one sanctions list, announcing restrictions on the export of five types of medium-sized rare earth, lithium batteries, artificial graphic negative materials, rare earth equipment and raw materials, ultra-hard materials and rare earth processing technologies.

As the countermeasures completely restricted the export of rare earth industries, additional sanctions were imposed on 14 U.S. enterprises, and the White House announced a government meeting to discuss the response.

According to the news of the White House website on October 9th, on the same day, President Trump convened a meeting of all government members to discuss major issues facing at home and abroad.

In an interview with reporters, Trump admitted that the United States is not sure what new restrictions China has introduced. He has just heard the news and will understand it as soon as possible, and arrange for Treasury Secretary Bessant and Commerce Secretary Lutnik to handle it. It should be able to deal with it.

From the timeline, the last announcement issued by the Ministry of Commerce was at 5 p.m. Beijing time, that is, 5 p.m. Eastern U.S. time, and there are still 6 hours from the meeting of Trump, in fact, the U.S. has long received relevant news.

Hence, Trump's untimely reaction shows that the United States did not expect China to respond so hard, nor did it formulate a response, which shows the arbitrary and inconsistency of the Trump administration's policy, and also shows that extreme pressure measures are not useful when facing China.

And just as the White House's counter-measures against China were still in a state of blind circle, the United States soon exploded.

Republican Congressman John Mullenar issued a statement saying that China's move to restrict rare earths gave Trump a blow in the head and fired a shot at the US economy. In this regard, he called for stopping the right of Chinese aviation companies to take off and land in the United States and adopting export controls on aircraft, parts and maintenance services sold to China.

In addition, the U.S. government think tank analyst Neo believes that the move of the Chinese side strengthens the superior position in future Sino-U.S. negotiations, compared to the United States, China, whether political or economic, has a stronger capacity.

It is worth mentioning that although my country issued an export restriction order on October 9, it was postponed to November 8. That is to say, before the expiration of the Sino-US Interim Tariff Agreement on November 10, we have sufficient negotiation time and bargaining chips to respond. If the United States insists on resuming high tariffs, then there will be no need to obtain rare earths and other raw materials and technologies from China in the future.