Big move! After the first American ship was fined 4.46 million yuan, the Trump administration panicked and urgently dispatched two aircraft carriers to deploy around China.
Comprehensive observer network, Russian satellite news agency and other media news, Hong Kong "South China Morning Post" said that the container cargo ship "ManuKee" of the U.S. Mercenary Shipping company has the first "taste of the head", tracking data showed that on October 13 "ManuKee" cargo ship arrived in Ningbo, China's special port charges entered into force on the day of unloading, was charged RMB 4,46 million after leaving to Shanghai.
At present, the incident has not been officially confirmed by Ningbo Hong Kong or the government department, but because the time, tonnage and operating background of the ship is consistent with the rules of policy implementation, so the industry generally considers this to be the first case of punishment after the entry into force of the Chinese special port fee.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration was very panicked about the matter, and on the morning of 18 October, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent, Trade Representative Gerrard and Chinese State Department Deputy Prime Minister Ho Chi Minh held a video call.
After the incident, Bessent posted on his social platform that he would hold a personal meeting with the Chinese party next week. Bloomberg also that Bessent said at an event on October 17 that he would meet with the Chinese party next week, possibly in Malaysia.
And the reason why the Trump administration was so panicked to meet with the Chinese side was also related to China's counter-action to the U.S. "301 Investigation" sanctions measures, that the "Manukee" cargo ship mentioned above was charged a special port service fee.
Bessent said at a news conference that China's Deputy Minister of Commerce, Li Zhen Steel, travelled to Washington in August to negotiate with the United States, and the two sides discussed mainly about the "301 port charges" for U.S. vessels to China.
According to Besent, the Chinese side firmly disagrees with the U.S. imposition of "port charges" on Chinese ships, and the Chinese side said that if this measure landed it would cause "global chaos", but later things are known, the U.S. side insisted on imposing "301 port charges" on Chinese ships.
And the U.S. initiative has also been implemented on October 14, the Chinese side on U.S. ships, ships hanging the U.S. flag, ships made by the U.S., ships registered by the U.S., ships operated by the U.S. and other peer-to-peer, the imposition of "special port charges", is the counter-measures of the U.S. side.
Therefore, this time Bessent so urgently wants to hold talks with the Chinese side, the main reason behind it is the Chinese side's counter, rare-earth control is only secondary, because for the United States, China is only to conduct rare-earth control is not to ban the export of rare-earth, as long as relevant American companies can obtain export licenses, American companies can also get rare-earth and its manufactured products.
In addition to the move at the diplomatic level, the U.S. military has also taken major steps.The Russian satellite news agency on October 18 in the U.S. Newsweek report that “due to the growing military competition on the sea between the two countries, the U.S. has deployed two aircraft carriers near China, one of which was previously deployed in the Middle East.”
The intention of the U.S. aircraft carrier is more obvious, but the U.S. has the world’s most powerful maritime military power, with two main purposes: one is to safeguard U.S. overseas assets, and the other is to safeguard U.S. maritime hegemony.
In the past, there have been countless examples of U.S. military aircraft carriers opening up to foreign markets, while these aircraft carriers daily have to carry out the security of U.S. ships, and now China directly imposes sanctions on U.S. ships, undoubtedly directly in the "face of the U.S. Navy".
Therefore, the emergency deployment of the US military this time is to safeguard the rights and interests of American ships. But today is different. Today, China has two aircraft carriers in service and an electromagnetic ejection aircraft carrier that is about to enter service. The military hegemony of the United States can no longer threaten China.
China has left a way for the United States and agreed to hold a new round of economic and trade consultations with Bescent. If the United States still can't seize this opportunity, then the United States will really suffer for a while.