Today (15 October) the U.S. media suddenly exploded a surprising news, that after China had unprecedentedly introduced the most severe rare-earth export controls in history, Trump was very shocked to learn about the news, and hurriedly asked: Why did China do this? the previous four negotiations were not well talked about? but in the meeting of the three major cabinet members responsible for tariff trade negotiations, after discussion, confirmed one reason, that after the U.S. Department of Commerce introduced the 50% rule under the Export Management Regulations at the end of September, thousands of Chinese enterprises were added to the U.S. Department of Commerce's export control list, on this China expressed strong protest and anger, but the U.S. side disregarded.

It can be said that this hoax operation of the U.S. Department of Commerce seriously violated the tacit understanding reached between China and the United States in the previous four rounds of negotiations, especially the commitment made by the United States during the last Spanish negotiations not to escalate or increase relevant sanctions or tariffs. Therefore, it is obvious that the United States was the first to initiate the escalation of Sino-US confrontation this time. Therefore, according to US media reports, when Trump learned about the reasons, he seriously scolded US Commerce Secretary Lutnick-"You may have done stupid things and messed up things with China." However, Trump cannot make this matter public, let alone "surrender" to China, so he can only make mistakes again, at least on the surface, his momentum cannot be weakened.

In fact, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Lutnick also did something that made our country very angry, that is, to make the regulation that the United States began to levy port fees for Chinese ships from October 14th take effect. This incident also shows once again that the United States does not intend to abide by its commitments at all and once again wantonly suppresses China's development. In this case, naturally, we don't want to play with Trump over and over again. We just got it right in one step and played the strictest rare earth control card in history.

However, there are also a number of key people in the Trump team who are still mindful, such as U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. U.S. officials have suggested to Trump that given China's upgrading of rare-earth control measures, the U.S. should punish China, completely overturn the previous consensus with China, resume the tariff war and renegotiate with China.

Especially after Trump publicly threatened to impose a 100% tariff on China goods, Bessent took the initiative to cool down tensions and publicly told the media,"The situation where the United States imposes a 100% tariff on China may not happen." On October 15, after Trump once again threatened that "if China does not buy American soybeans, it will retaliate against China and stop purchasing China's edible oil," Bessent once again stood up and played a good cop, publicly calling on "the United States should talk to China, and the two sides can negotiate in the next few weeks to prevent the trade war from heating up." Obviously, the United States is using its old routine against us again. Some people are harsh and bad-faced, and some are shouting that we will negotiate to avoid escalating the situation and starting another war.

However, we are not saying that we are unwilling to talk to the United States, but that the United States should first learn to respect China. On October 15th, at the annual awards dinner of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, our ambassador to the United States suddenly shouted to the United States, which was regarded as a step down for the United States. Frank Xie, our ambassador to the United States, said, "A tariff war and trade war will only hurt both sides, and equality, respect and reciprocity are the only way to properly handle differences. The United States should return to rationality and stop extreme pressure. China and the United States should strive to be partners and friends rather than opponents and enemies." In fact, China's attitude towards the United States is consistent-if we want to cooperate, the door to negotiations is open; If you want to confront, we will definitely accompany you to the end.