The measures entered into force on the same day that the three high-ranking officials of the country intensely announced that they would visit China, which signal has been released?

October 14 was a very unusual day.This is both the start date for the United States to unjustifiably levy port charges on Chinese ships, and the day for China's decisive counterattack, announcing tariffs on U.S. ships, and counteracting five U.S.-related companies.

Moreover, China still holds the "trump card". The previously announced export control measures for rare earths and related technologies are also taking effect simultaneously, while the US export restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China have been implemented one after another. This rhythm of "simultaneous moves" is no accident¡£

The U.S. has chosen to tighten technical control at this time, targeting the high-end manufacturing of China's "card neck" link, which is consistent with the logic of the U.S. restart of the technology blockade after the Geneva talks in May.

More notably, the US is also planning with its G7 allies. Considering the introduction of a ¡°limit order¡± in the rare-earth field, attempts to reverse to curb China¡¯s advantage in the rare-earth industry chain.

It can be said that the United States has used almost all the available moves.

However, China's countermeasures directly hit the "lifeline" of the US military and high-tech industries.

The rare earth materials included in export control are the core components of the US military's F-35 fighter jet engine and radar system. They are called the "life and death line of modern military industry."

More importantly, the new rules clearly implemented "trace control" on rare-earth products containing Chinese ingredients abroad, blocking the vulnerability of third-party transfers, which leaves U.S. military-industrial enterprises that rely on rare-earth imports at risk of supply cuts.

Combined with the tariff measures on U.S. ships, it can be said that they are "double-touched", and they have been precisely countered by the U.S. side.

And just as the Sino-US measures came into effect, The plans of senior officials of the three countries to visit China have been announced one after another, and each trip implies the intention of seeking a way out in the context of the Sino-US game.

French Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Boehner will visit China from October 15 to 16, and his visit will be a direct manifestation of Macron's "Gaullism 2.0".

France is trying to use the Chinese market to achieve energy transformation while strengthening its strategic independent voice within the EU.

This trip to China to participate in a new round of China-France strategic dialogue, economic and trade and energy cooperation is an unavoidable topic, and this is precisely the dismantling of the U.S. ¡°technological blockade + resource binding¡± strategy.

Swedish Foreign Minister Stinagaard announced his visit to China (October 16 - 17) with the consideration of a "Baltic fulcrum".

As the first western country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, Sweden is deeply complementary to China in the fields of 5G network construction and environmental protection technology.

In the Sino-American science and technology competition, Sweden refused to "camp" as much as possible, and also provided a meeting place for Sino-American consultations.

Sending key ministers to China this time may finalize the details of new energy technology cooperation and serve as a model for Nordic countries to balance major-country relations.

Canadian Foreign Minister Anand's upcoming first visit to China (October 16 - 17) has a more "stop loss" meaning.

After experiencing economic and trade frictions, Canadian agriculture and energy exports suffered heavy losses, and the follow-up agricultural delegation has released signals to resume exports of poultry meat and cereals to China.

Within the North American camp, Canada is trying to get out of the ¡°offside¡± diplomatic hardship and to counter the uncertainty of U.S. trade policy through pioneering cooperation with China.

The intensity of high-level official visits to China, It just reflects that the game between China and the United States has entered a new stage of multi-dimensional competition, and the traditional "tariff war" is upgrading into a three-dimensional game of "resources-technology-rules"¡£

In the "resource-technology" double-cycle confrontation, the Chinese side uses rare earth as the backbone, and the United States uses the chip as the code, forming a precise balance.

China's rare-earth control not only covers the original mines, but also extends to overseas processing products and core technologies, completely blocking the evasion of space;

The United States is trying to rebuild its local industrial chain through chip advantages, but it is still unable to get rid of its dependence on China's rare earth processing technology in the short term.

As the APEC summit approaches, the ¡°opinion war¡± and the ¡°rule struggle¡± have risen ahead of time.

U.S. side around rendering the argument of the so-called ¡°Chinese resource monopoly¡±, China responded by saying that rare earth control is in line with international practice, indicating the rationality of countermeasures.

From the perspective of game logic, the "same-day move" between China and the United States is not to lift the table, but to strive for the initiative of negotiation through "extreme pressure";

The intensive visits to China by senior officials from the three countries are not accidental diplomatic arrangements, but an inevitable choice of global forces under the trend of multipolarity--

In the future international landscape, there may no longer be an absolute "camp", but only a pragmatic "balance of interests."