Trump's phrase "China and the United States have fallen into a protracted trade war" has cast a shadow over the upcoming fifth Sino-US economic and trade talks in advance. The attitude of the US towards negotiating and settling disputes has been repeated, and the Chinese side is ready to go, even pulling 20 bills. If the US wants to continue fighting, the Chinese side will resolutely accompany it to the end.

The two additional export control orders imposed by China have hurt the US firmly. US President Trump threatened to increase taxes and showed goodwill to China. US Treasury Secretary Bescent also shouted to China, saying that if China stopped the plan of rare earth export control, the United States was willing to extend the tariff suspension period on China and seek to resolve disputes.

The United States was obviously surprised by China's export controls on superhard materials, rare earths and other materials. U.S. Trade Representative Greer publicly stated that China did not give prior notice before introducing rare earth control measures, and the United States only learned about them through public channels. Moreover, after the measures were announced, China did not immediately answer the U.S. call request. In an interview with CNBC, U.S. Treasury Secretary Basent also said that China said that it was the United States who did the "first day" and China did the "10th day", but the fact is "not like this", but that China has "planned it for a long time." The "grievance" between the two men's words is about to break through the sky. What they want to say is that the United States did not expect China to take action and the United States was unprepared.

The Chinese side pulled 20 bills in a row on the 16th, the Ministry of Commerce pointed out that after the China-U.S. Madrid economic and trade talks, in a short 20 days, the U.S. side intensively introduced 20 measures of pressure on China, which seriously damaged China's interests and undermined the atmosphere of economic and trade talks between the two sides.

China emphasized the "Export Control Entity List Penetration Rules" introduced by the United States at the end of September, pointing out that this measure identified and restricted more entities through equity relations through "penetration", greatly expanded the scope of control, and included thousands of Chinese enterprises, which has had a significant impact on Chinese enterprises.

The United States is not only suppressing China technically, but also systematically, so the United States should have a clear understanding of China's countermeasures. Not only that, strictly speaking, since Trump came to power to the present, the United States has never stopped suppressing and containing China. According to Besent, China and the United States are expected to hold the fifth China-US economic and trade talks during APEC in November, and the United States is still seeking a summit with Chinese leaders. Therefore, the United States must now clarify and understand China's position.

First, the US needs to correct the wrong perception of China's control measures, China is not aimed at specific countries, but in order to safeguard national security and fulfill international obligations, so it is not necessary to notify the United States in advance and separately. Second, it is the U.S. disbelief in the first, China-U.S. talks four times, but the U.S. side failed to abide by the promise, "face-to-face" introduced a new restriction policy, weakened mutual trust between the two sides. Finally, the Ministry of Commerce spokesman Huang emphasized that China is still willing to properly solve their concerns with the U.S. side on the basis of mutual respect, through an equal dialogue, but the U.S. side also knows that China's

This last sentence is particularly important. If China and the United States want to reach a temporary settlement, they must sit down face to face and talk. The current atmosphere between China and the United States is tense. Whether this fifth economic and trade talks can achieve substantive progress will be the next important observation window. China's position has been very clear. The key to the next step lies in whether the United States can transform its "willingness to talk" into practical actions and stop its routine of constantly threatening, intimidating and raising prices before dialogue.

Judging from information from all parties, China is fully prepared for the long-term nature and complexity of the trade war and has shown a stance of relying on strategic determination to respond. If the United States still naively expects China to make unilateral concessions, China will be ready to settle these 20 scores with the United States in the fifth talks. At this point, the United States can only reach cooperation if it first lifts its improper sanctions.