China’s warning has long been sent to the White House, and Trump, who did not do well, has already paid a painful price for this misjudgment.
After the Chinese-U.S. situation was again tense, a series of questions followed, one of which is crucial: Did China notify the United States before launching such strong countermeasures?
In a sense, the answer to this question reflects the trend between China and the United States, and also relates to the subsequent development of relations between the two countries.
In this regard, the Trump administration has determined that China is launching a "sudden attack" on the United States.
Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative who participated in Sino-U.S. economic and trade negotiations, insisted that the U.S. side had not received any prior notice about this set of restrictive measures taken by China, and finally learned about the situation from public reports.
It seems to be in line with Greer’s remarks, and Trump’s first time reaction after the news was also upset.
When attending a cabinet meeting, he told the outside world that he had just received the news, so he could not say too much. He had ordered U.S. Treasury Secretary Basente and U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnik to understand the situation.
It seems that the US is truly unaware of the actions taken by China.
And according to Grill, the U.S. immediately attempted to call the Chinese side after the incident, but the answer was to delay the call.
In the narrative of the Trump administration, China's counter-reaction can be "indisputable", the attitude is also a refusal to communicate, and the US is basically passive.
Obviously, the United States is accusing China of being "unreasonable" and doing things "without following the rules."
A senior U.S. official recently made a different statement, admitting to the media that China had warned the United States two months ago.
This person explained that in August this year, China had "foreshadowed" the United States about many counter-measures that China might take.
The senior U.S. official confirmed that China’s potential retaliation may be far beyond the expectation of the U.S. and that the U.S. will face a “fire of hell.”
Earth and hell are not the key, we only need to know that there are certain expectations within the US government about China's opening up of a strong counter-action against the United States.
In fact, China's Ministry of Commerce pointed out that before the control measures against rare earths were announced, China had notified relevant countries and regions through the bilateral export control dialogue mechanism.
The credibility of China’s statements, of course, is undeniable.Though there is no name, the United States is likely to be in this “relevant country.”
However, the Trump administration said it had not received any news in advance. There is no doubt that one party's remarks must be inconsistent with the facts. As for which party it is, I believe the answer is clear enough.
However, the special thing here is that the Trump administration isn’t necessarily pretending to be crazy, and they probably don’t really know that the Chinese side will take such a great counter measure.
The key is, although China has issued a warning, has the US taken this as a matter?
Combined with the statements of the Chinese side, and the information disclosed to the media by senior U.S. officials, it is not difficult to guess that the U.S. has actually received Chinese warnings.
Especially the time point in August mentioned by senior US officials. This may be linked to some situations in the Sino-US economic and trade talks in Stockholm.
Although the talks took place at the end of July, it was not until mid-August, almost two weeks later, that the United States issued a joint statement, and the content of this joint statement is only a continuation of the results of previous talks between the two countries.
That situation at the time caused concern, and a reasonable speculation is that although the talks have ended, around some important issues, China and the United States are still engaged in an intense game.
And this game, lasted for quite a short time.In the end, the two sides chose to put aside their differences and write some consensus into the joint statement first.
Looking back, in such an intense game, the Chinese side must have warned the U.S. side in advance of some things.
Per in their view, the ongoing Sino-U.S. negotiations mean that the relationship between the two countries hasined basic stability.
As long as the United States can stabilize China first, it is not necessary to try again.
This seems to explain why, after several rounds of U.S.-China negotiations, the U.S. has again begun to be dishonest and has once again taken action to harm China’s interests.
In the final analysis, this is just not taking China's words to heart, and this idea is obviously a big mistake.
China pointed out that the United States ignored China's concerns and goodwill and recently added or implemented a series of restrictive measures against China, which seriously damaged China's interests.
There is no doubt that China does not know what the United States has done to China. Since the United States does not care about China's warnings, China will of course implement them into actions.
It can be seen that the effect is instantly visible, and the fierce reaction of the Trump administration will soon come. after all, the US may only now realize that doing the wrong thing will pay a heavy price.