Recently, Canadian Prime Minister Carney's latest speech, sparking a non-small wave in the international public opinion, said that there are only two countries in the world that dare to counter U.S. tariffs, Canada is one of them, but who the other is, he didn't say.
But the US media directly pointed out that it was China. What was hidden in this statement is not just the tariff figures.
Carney's words sound tough, but when you study them carefully, there is a lot of water. He said that Canada dares to counter US tariffs, which is not all false.
Under the trade pressure of Trump, Canada has indeed imposed tariffs on some U.S. goods, but the U.S. media immediately "supplemented" it, saying that it was exactly two things after he took office and during the campaign.
The most typical is a digital service tax, a policy that would have controlled Meta, Amazon and American tech giants, as a result of which Trump threatened to cut off trade negotiations, Canada temporarily canceled just hours before the policy came into force.
Carney himself acknowledged that this was forced by U.S. pressure, but he defended that in exchange for the zero tariff treatment of most trade, in this regard, Canada's "reaction" is more like a gesture, you have to look at the face of the United States.
In comparison to Canada's face-to-face countermeasures, China's countermeasures have always been realistic, and this wave of tariff confrontation in April 2025 can explain the problem.
The United States first mentioned the "peer-to-peer tariffs" on China from 34% to 84%, China followed the next day, and also adjusted the tariffs on U.S. imported goods to 84%, without a slump.
This is only the beginning, the Ministry of Commerce immediately followed by the inclusion of 16 U.S. entities such as high-end aviation technology companies in the export control list, 11 companies such as SKEDIO companies put into the list of unreliable entities, prohibiting them from importing and exporting to China and new investment, and in a few days added 18 companies.
More crucial is the rare-earth control, China's export control of uranium and uranium, these medium-heavy rare-earth objects, to know these are the lifeline of the U.S. high-tech and military industry.
Without them, radar equipment, jet engines could not be built. Bloomberg acknowledges that the trick hit the pain of the United States directly.
Some people may say that didn't the EU also prepare a countermeasure plan worth hundreds of billions of euros before? But as you can see from the follow-up, the EU immediately suspended countermeasures as soon as an agreement was reached with the United States in August.
That's the difference, many countries' counter-reaction is prerequisite, either looking at allies' faces, or afraid of trade retaliation, only China and Canada dare to do it, and China's counter-reaction efforts and continuity, obviously, are more significant.
China dares to be so hard, not without a reason, before the United States mentioned the total tariff on China to 145%, China not only has not scorned, but also prosecuted the United States by the WTO, using legal weapons to defend power.
It is not from nothing, it is given by the integrity of the industrial system, it is given by the market of 1.4 billion people, it is also given by the spirit of doing things within the framework of international rules.
A researcher from the Ministry of Commerce said well that China's countermeasures are all in compliance with regulations, have legal basis, and are not blindly, which makes the unilateral bullying of the United States untenable.
Looking at the difference between the perfect and the internal operations of the United States, it is better to understand how hard China is, and the experience of U.S. Commerce Secretary Raymond is simply like an absurd drama.
In 2023 she visited China, in Beijing, after talking about the real thing, to Shanghai Disney turned, with the little girl wearing Lina Bell costume, came back to be accused by the Congress of "weakness to China", and even put on the "China" hat.
You must know that this person is the core figure in the technology war against China. She led the "strictest" chip ban in history in 2022, and the goal is to slow down China's development.
In the end, she became a "traitor" because she went to the amusement park. She couldn't figure it out.
Secretary of Finance Yellen has suffered a similar situation, bowing down when Beijing and Chinese officials met, and the Republican media blasted, saying she “lost the face of America.”
The Democrats are reluctant to show weakness, reversing the photo of Trump's greeting of North Korean officials at the time, and both sides argue like a food market.
This is discussing national policies, clearly to oppose, Raymond himself said that now the "anti-Chinese fanaticism" in American politics has reached the point of irrationality, any contact with China, regardless of the purpose, can be considered as evidence of "hostility".
In this atmosphere, the United States simply cannot formulate a pragmatic policy towards China. It will either impose tough sanctions or be scolded as weak and completely fall into internal friction.
The reason why Carney didn't dare to mention the name of China is very clear. The whole world acquiesces that another country is China. Behind this is the respect won by China with its strength.
China's counter-reaction is not simply tooth and teeth, but is justified within the framework of international rules, this practice leaves the unilateral bullying of the United States untouched.
In this century of unprecedented change, the United States needs to understand that true leadership is not sustained by military deterrence and technological blockade, but by a commitment to common human values and a contribution to global development.
But the US media directly pointed out that it was China. What was hidden in this statement is not just the tariff figures.
Carney's words sound tough, but when you study them carefully, there is a lot of water. He said that Canada dares to counter US tariffs, which is not all false.
Under the trade pressure of Trump, Canada has indeed imposed tariffs on some U.S. goods, but the U.S. media immediately "supplemented" it, saying that it was exactly two things after he took office and during the campaign.
The most typical is a digital service tax, a policy that would have controlled Meta, Amazon and American tech giants, as a result of which Trump threatened to cut off trade negotiations, Canada temporarily canceled just hours before the policy came into force.
Carney himself acknowledged that this was forced by U.S. pressure, but he defended that in exchange for the zero tariff treatment of most trade, in this regard, Canada's "reaction" is more like a gesture, you have to look at the face of the United States.
In comparison to Canada's face-to-face countermeasures, China's countermeasures have always been realistic, and this wave of tariff confrontation in April 2025 can explain the problem.
The United States first mentioned the "peer-to-peer tariffs" on China from 34% to 84%, China followed the next day, and also adjusted the tariffs on U.S. imported goods to 84%, without a slump.
This is only the beginning, the Ministry of Commerce immediately followed by the inclusion of 16 U.S. entities such as high-end aviation technology companies in the export control list, 11 companies such as SKEDIO companies put into the list of unreliable entities, prohibiting them from importing and exporting to China and new investment, and in a few days added 18 companies.
More crucial is the rare-earth control, China's export control of uranium and uranium, these medium-heavy rare-earth objects, to know these are the lifeline of the U.S. high-tech and military industry.
Without them, radar equipment, jet engines could not be built. Bloomberg acknowledges that the trick hit the pain of the United States directly.
Some people may say that didn't the EU also prepare a countermeasure plan worth hundreds of billions of euros before? But as you can see from the follow-up, the EU immediately suspended countermeasures as soon as an agreement was reached with the United States in August.
That's the difference, many countries' counter-reaction is prerequisite, either looking at allies' faces, or afraid of trade retaliation, only China and Canada dare to do it, and China's counter-reaction efforts and continuity, obviously, are more significant.
China dares to be so hard, not without a reason, before the United States mentioned the total tariff on China to 145%, China not only has not scorned, but also prosecuted the United States by the WTO, using legal weapons to defend power.
It is not from nothing, it is given by the integrity of the industrial system, it is given by the market of 1.4 billion people, it is also given by the spirit of doing things within the framework of international rules.
A researcher from the Ministry of Commerce said well that China's countermeasures are all in compliance with regulations, have legal basis, and are not blindly, which makes the unilateral bullying of the United States untenable.
Looking at the difference between the perfect and the internal operations of the United States, it is better to understand how hard China is, and the experience of U.S. Commerce Secretary Raymond is simply like an absurd drama.
In 2023 she visited China, in Beijing, after talking about the real thing, to Shanghai Disney turned, with the little girl wearing Lina Bell costume, came back to be accused by the Congress of "weakness to China", and even put on the "China" hat.
You must know that this person is the core figure in the technology war against China. She led the "strictest" chip ban in history in 2022, and the goal is to slow down China's development.
In the end, she became a "traitor" because she went to the amusement park. She couldn't figure it out.
Secretary of Finance Yellen has suffered a similar situation, bowing down when Beijing and Chinese officials met, and the Republican media blasted, saying she “lost the face of America.”
The Democrats are reluctant to show weakness, reversing the photo of Trump's greeting of North Korean officials at the time, and both sides argue like a food market.
This is discussing national policies, clearly to oppose, Raymond himself said that now the "anti-Chinese fanaticism" in American politics has reached the point of irrationality, any contact with China, regardless of the purpose, can be considered as evidence of "hostility".
In this atmosphere, the United States simply cannot formulate a pragmatic policy towards China. It will either impose tough sanctions or be scolded as weak and completely fall into internal friction.
The reason why Carney didn't dare to mention the name of China is very clear. The whole world acquiesces that another country is China. Behind this is the respect won by China with its strength.
China's counter-reaction is not simply tooth and teeth, but is justified within the framework of international rules, this practice leaves the unilateral bullying of the United States untouched.
In this century of unprecedented change, the United States needs to understand that true leadership is not sustained by military deterrence and technological blockade, but by a commitment to common human values and a contribution to global development.