Recently, economic and trade exchanges between China and the United States were not very peaceful, before it was hard to calculate the "cessation of war" state, as a result, the United States began to do things again, but now it is their turn to rush, especially after the Chinese side refused to receive their phone calls, Trump's attitude suddenly softened a lot, this behind the doorway is a lot.

First of all, the hard-hearted things that the United States has done before. Trump spoke a lot earlier on social media, saying to start on November 1, to add 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, before also blaming China's rare-earth policy is "moral shame", saying it is "very hostile" behavior. Not only this, this September, the United States tightened export controls on Chinese companies, not to let China develop advanced semiconductors, but also to China's shipbuilding "port charges". Moreover, China and the United States in Spain in Madrid just finished talking about economic and trade issues, only more than 20 days, the United States added a bunch of restrictive measures against China, not entirely before the talks.

But when China took countermeasures, the United States immediately panicked. China introduced new rules on rare earth export controls on October 9. This is no small fuss. Key rare earth materials can only be sold with an export license, and rare earth recycling and refining equipment is not allowed to be exported directly. Even global products containing more than 0.1% of China's rare earth components require a China license, and if they are used for military purposes, the application will be directly rejected. You must know that rare earths must be used in everything from mobile phones to fighter jets. The United States is particularly dependent on rare earths in China. Industry insiders say that if China really cuts off supply, 78% of the production lines of defense contractors in the United States will have to be suspended.

As soon as the new rules came out, U.S. Trade Representative Greer became anxious and complained to the media that China had not told them in advance before introducing the policies. When they learned from public information, they wanted to call China to communicate, but China refused. But China's Ministry of Commerce said that this policy is in accordance with China's laws and it is normal to improve the export control system. Moreover, the United States had been informed through a special dialogue mechanism before its introduction. However, the United States has always used "national security" as an excuse to abuse export controls, specifically targeting China, and damaging the atmosphere of the talks. China will definitely not agree.

What is even more interesting is Trump's attitude. He was shouting for tax increases before, but when China refused to call, he seemed to have changed. He posted a post on social media saying,"Don't worry about China, everything will be fine," and also saying,"The United States wants to help China, not hurt it." Compared with its previous tough attitude, it was more than a little softer. U.S. Vice President Vance also said that he hoped China would be "more rational," implying that if China took a step back, the United States might be able to relax on tariffs, and the two sides even held working-level talks.

Why did Trump suddenly become soft? In fact, it was all pushed by reality. When he put the tax hassle before, the U.S. stock directly hit the ¡°black Friday¡±, the three major stocks indicated falling, the market suddenly evaporated $ 2 trillion, the U.S. financial and corporate world panicked, afraid of the situation to get more tense, his own interests are damaged. and the U.S. domestic problems a bunch, the government stall, the soybean crisis has not yet resolved, if it is really hard to fight tariff war with China, the U.S. can not endure.

However, China has not relaxed just because Trump has softened his attitude. China has always made it clear that when it comes to the tariff war,"we will fight it to the end; when we talk, the door will be open." After all, Sino-US cooperation is good for both sides. If there is a real conflict, no one will benefit. However, the United States cannot want to talk to China while making threats and new restrictions at the same time. This is not an attitude to talk about things. China is now becoming more and more confident. Its trade with the United States is decreasing. On the contrary, it is cooperating more and more with countries in the global South and participating countries of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is not afraid of pressure from the United States at all.

There is only about half a month left before the date when the United States plans to increase taxes on November 1. Although Trump has softened his attitude, he has not said that he will completely abandon tax increases. There is no unified opinion within the United States on China's policy, and it may be repeated in the future. But China knows very well that it cannot look at what the United States says, but what they do. If the United States does not really correct its mistakes, it will not be possible to resolve the current Sino-US economic and trade deadlock just by saying "it does not want to hurt China." The next step is to see if the United States can show sincerity and have a good talk with China. Otherwise, if it continues to do so, it will be themselves who will suffer in the end.