China's two major countermeasures against the United States officially took effect and told the United States that it would accompany it to the end. U.S. Treasury Secretary Basent decisively changed his mouth and admitted his defeat. How to interpret the latest response from my Ministry of Commerce? What signal does the US Treasury Secretary's latest remarks send?

As the Office of the United States Trade Representative took the lead in investigating Section 301 of China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries, starting from October 14, 2015, the United States will charge port service fees for ships manufactured and owned by China.

On the same day, China's Ministry of Transport issued the "Implementation Measures for the Collection of Special Port Fees from US Ships" and announced that it will take effect immediately, carrying out equal countermeasures against the United States.

The United States has seriously violated WTO rules and the Sino-US shipping agreement and seriously undermined maritime trade between China and the United States. Don't blame China for being ruthless when it retaliates.

The tariff standard varies from 400 yuan per tonne to 1120 yuan per tonne, according to the year limit, in total divided into 4 levels, from 2025 to 2028, the tariff will rise a level each year.

According to China's regulations, U.S. shipping enterprises involved in Sino-U.S. maritime trade, the days will not be better in the next three years, their transportation costs will increase further, but the Sino-U.S. trade exchanges are decreasing, which means that the profitability of these enterprises may decline significantly.

In terms of the scope of charges, China's regulations are very strict. As long as they have close connections with American companies, organizations and individuals, even ships manufactured in the United States or flying the U.S. flag, they need to pay special port fees to China.

Ships that try to evade payment will be recorded even if they have left China ports. They must make up for the outstanding fees before arriving at China ports next time, otherwise they will not be allowed to call at the port to unload goods.

In addition to charging U.S. ships, China has also increased sanctions, approved the counter-sanctions work mechanism, and adopted counter-measures against five U.S. subsidiaries of the company, which will be implemented from October 14, 2025.

The main sanctions include prohibiting five American companies from conducting relevant transactions, cooperation and other activities with organizations and individuals in China.

China has taken a two-pronged approach to let the US understand how serious the consequences of casually sanctioning China and maliciously damaging Sino-US economic and trade relations are.

When commenting on issues related to Sino-US economic and trade relations on the day when the above measures came into effect, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce directly issued the familiar harsh saying to the United States: Fight and accompany it to the end; talk and the door is open.

At the same time, asking the U.S. side not to talk side by side and threatening to threaten to introduce new restrictions is not the right way to deal with China.

In addition, China has also given the US side the ladder, as long as the US side does the following 6 points, facilitating China's willingness to conduct consultative dialogue with the US side and solve their respective concerns.These 6 points are: 1. correct the wrong practices; 2. make the sincerity of talks; 3. move forward with the Chinese side; 4. observe and implement the consensus of the first call of the Chinese dollar; 5. safeguard the results of the four rounds of China-US economic and trade talks; 6. continue to play the role of the Sino-US consultation mechanism.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bescent, who has dealt with China many times, knows China's style of acting. He knows better that the U.S. side is now facing the dilemma of having no license to play, so it is a very unwise choice to fight another trade war with China. At the critical moment, he had to decisively stand up and "admit" to China.

In an interview, Bescent said that China and the United States will hold more talks. President Trump has indicated that the additional 100% tariff imposed on China will not take effect before November 1st, and even this tariff measure will not have to happen. Although the US has announced relevant news, Sino-US relations remain good and communication channels have been reopened. He himself is optimistic about the easing of the situation.

Bescent said so much, in fact, to pave the way for not imposing tariffs on China. After the US softens its position, there is a high probability that the deadline will reach, and it will not impose additional high tariffs on China. This situation has happened more than once in the economic and trade game between China and the United States in the past few months.