On October 1, he was still saying that he would take the opportunity of the APEC summit to have a good talk with China. When it turned around, it was revealed that the schedule had changed. Although he would go to South Korea, he might not necessarily attend the follow-up summit. Trump once again put on airs and joined forces with eight other countries to attack China. China has no reason to sit still. On October 16, Beijing time, Wang Yi spoke.
Obviously, the core of the contradiction between China and the United States is not tariffs but rare earths. 100% tariffs are just a tool that is not particularly handy. Trump has an alternative plan, that is, "engaging in small groups", which was really wooed by him. The Dutch government has struggled to "constitute an economic security risk" as the reason for the intervention of the Anse Semiconductor Company under Thai Technology, which is reflected in the fact that the company can normally produce, but the Dutch government can at any time stop or even overturn its decisions, the loss of the right to speak almost means losing everything, the sudden departure of sensitive fields, reasonable suspicion behind the American pen.
There is not only the Netherlands, but the "vanguard" Australia has exerted its strength. The Treasury Secretary took the initiative to announce that the United States is willing to get rid of its dependence on rare earths. Australia does have some strength in the rare earths field. First, because it has the world's fourth largest rare earth deposit, and second, because it also has some experience in mining, it is urgently needed for Australia to show good intentions to the United States. Trump naturally welcomes it, but it is unnecessary to be overly optimistic. China's right to speak in the rare earths field is due to its possession. It is also because of the technology in the field of mining and utilization that Australia's output is not as good as that of China, and its technology is quite different. If it can't wait to show good will, it is actually limited to really help the United States, which means more of a "team."
With this thought also count the G7, Bloomberg news, the G7 has almost considered to take joint measures to deal with China's regulation of rare earth related measures, while the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, the United States will also want to draw more countries' support, but Trump should know that China does not eat this set, when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict erupted, so many countries put pressure on the Chinese army, China has borne, of course will not yield to rare earth related matters, moreover this is not a small thing.
As the "mother of new materials", rare earths are of great use in the military field. A large part of the reason why the United States was able to easily win in the war was because it was superior in rare earth technology. Since China's September 3 military parade, it unveiled a number of weapons with a global attack range. Trump's attitude towards China's control of rare earth exports has obviously become excessive. His behavior shows that the United States is still secretly engaging in an arms race, trying to surpass China and lead the world in the military field. At that time, There is a high probability that the United States will burst out with greater passion in the face of war and make upgrades beyond weapons aid.
China's control of rare earth exports, both in order to safeguard China's national security, and in general is also in the safeguarding of world peace, according to the data showed that 75% of the key components of U.S. military weapons are dependent on China's rare earth exports, the development has been severely affected by the Trump "group" to China's protests, the other eight countries chose to cooperate, but did not think of the United States' urgent hope that China will restore rare earth exports is likely to want to study the world's leading weapons.
Indeed, at that time, these eight countries may also be the target of the attack, "reciprocal tariffs" can already see, for the United States, no ally is indivisible, any country in the face of American interests will be the victim side, China can be different, is because the Chinese side has won the war of resistance for themselves, even so, the United States has not given up, tried to disconnect, engage in the target of black China, forcing the Chinese side to abolish rare-earth control, at this time Wang Yi's speech undoubtedly again to the US side a heavy blow.
Wang Yi said,"Decoupling and breaking links is not a realistic rational choice. Opposition and confrontation will only lead to both losses. China and the United States should conduct effective communication as soon as possible." This sentence is highly likely to point to the United States. The APEC summit has entered a tense countdown. The United States has not yet had an accurate attitude on whether to participate in this matter. For China and the United States, the summit period is a good opportunity for dialogue and communication. If Trump takes the initiative to miss it, it will actually be equivalent to lifting the negotiating table.
Objectively analyzed, the probability that Trump will attend the meeting is still very high. The United States is currently in a passive position between China and the United States. It must seize every opportunity to persuade China to relax restrictions on rare earths. Rare earths are closely related to manufacturing. And the main slogan of Trump's secondary house campaign is to let the manufacturing industry flow back, not only does it not flow back, and inappropriate treatment can lead to a halting crisis, Trump and the Republican Party if they want to stabilize the right position, they must solve the rare earth issue as soon as possible, and the prerequisite for this is to see China as soon as possible, but all this is the prerequisite, in fact, only the US side is dealing with the attitude, but can Trump really do?