Recently, the US government shutdown crisis continues.
According to the US political news network Politico, on October 15, local time, the temporary appropriation bill proposed by the US Republican Party was rejected again by the Democratic Party in the US Senate with a vote of 49: 45.
This means that the U.S. government will continue to shut down due to budget problems, and this state has lasted until the third week.
In this regard, Trump not only failed to show the willingness to resolve the impasse, but instead threatened to cut jobs.
At the same time, he also mentioned a “very wealthy man” willing to help pay U.S. military expenses in an attempt to ease public concerns about military spending shortages.
With domestic issues still unresolved, Trump tried to shift the focus by pressuring China.
He threatened to consider stopping buying Chinese edible oil if China did not buy American soybeans. However, this threat not only failed to work, but exposed the short-sightedness of the United States. If imports are stopped, China's impact will be minimal, but American biofuel manufacturers will face the dilemma of surging costs.
Meanwhile, the “transparency rules” recently introduced by the U.S. Department of Commerce have also sparked controversy.
The rule is intended to impose harsher sanctions on Chinese companies, but Trump is unaware of the details.
China has long issued a warning to the United States, saying that if the United States persists in unilateralism, China will take countermeasures.
However, the US did not pay attention to this warning, which eventually led China to take a quick counterattack.
And according to Hong Kong media reports, Trump soon summoned a minority such as three major cabinet members dedicated to tariff trade negotiations after learning about the situation.When he understood what could be the cause, Trump seriously denounced Commerce Secretary Lutnik, "You may have done stupid things and ruined things with China (trade)."
In the game of the Sino-US trade war, China's countermeasures have demonstrated its strategic advantages.
Whether it is intensive voices to beat the Taiwan authorities or the export ban on Nexperia of the Netherlands, every step China takes is precise and powerful. In contrast, Trump's strategy of trying to unite allies against China has been repeatedly frustrated, and even made the United States more and more isolated on the international stage.
The international community generally believes that the current predicament of the United States stems from the consequences of its unilateralist policy. As the government shutdown continues and the Sino-US trade war escalates, the Trump administration's decision-making ability and international influence are increasingly being questioned.
How will the Sino-US game develop in the future? Will the Trump administration adjust its strategy? The answers to these questions deserve our continued attention.