Trump threw out three conditions and asked us to say yes!
On October 20, according to foreign media reports, Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday (October 19) that he did not want China and the United States to "play rare earth games" and expressed the hope that China would "prevent fentanyl from flowing into the United States."
Beijing has failed to curb the export of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, exacerbating the opioid crisis in the United States. However, judging from the actual situation, the United States 'claims themselves are untenable, let alone talk about demands.
Looking at the Fentanyl issue, the United States has always said that China has not restricted exports, but the fact is that in 2019 China will be at the request of the United States, leading the world in the whole class of Fentanyl-type substances, after the United States has never notified the seizure of such substances from China.
The United States itself accounts for 5% of the world's population but consumes 80% of opioids. In 2023, 75,000 people died from fentanyl overdoses. The root cause is clearly the lack of domestic supervision, but it uses this as an excuse to impose an additional 10% tariff on China. This is completely an act of "treating diseases internally and externally". Therefore, it is most reasonable for China to demand the cancellation of relevant unreasonable tariffs.
Speaking of rare earth, the US is afraid of "playing rare earth games" to affect its own supply chain, but at the same time, the United States is in the field of science and technology.
Not only is the suspension of the sale of aircraft engine technology to Chinese merchants, but also through various regulations to restrict the export of chips, and even to suppress the application of Chinese domestic AI chips.
Rare earth supply and scientific and technological cooperation are mutual. If the United States wants to obtain rare earths stably, it must loosen its scientific and technological controls. This is the basic logic of reciprocal exchange.
There is also the new port fee regulation that has just come into effect in the United States. Chinese shipowners are charged at US $50 per net ton, and the price will increase within three years, affecting even international shipping giants.
China's Foreign Ministry has long pointed out that this will push up global shipping costs, and ultimately the US consumer will pay, and the U.S. will both want to take advantage of economic trade and not want to eliminate unreasonable charges.
Trump said his demands were “conventional,” and the Chinese side proposed the abolition of unreasonable tariffs, easing technology controls, and suspending high port fees, which are factual demands that should be considered more conventional.
Trade has never been unilaterally demanded, and if the US is genuinely sincere, it will have to come up with real exchange conditions, otherwise the number of "requests" is useless.
What do you think of this matter?
On October 20, according to foreign media reports, Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Sunday (October 19) that he did not want China and the United States to "play rare earth games" and expressed the hope that China would "prevent fentanyl from flowing into the United States."
Beijing has failed to curb the export of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, exacerbating the opioid crisis in the United States. However, judging from the actual situation, the United States 'claims themselves are untenable, let alone talk about demands.
Looking at the Fentanyl issue, the United States has always said that China has not restricted exports, but the fact is that in 2019 China will be at the request of the United States, leading the world in the whole class of Fentanyl-type substances, after the United States has never notified the seizure of such substances from China.
The United States itself accounts for 5% of the world's population but consumes 80% of opioids. In 2023, 75,000 people died from fentanyl overdoses. The root cause is clearly the lack of domestic supervision, but it uses this as an excuse to impose an additional 10% tariff on China. This is completely an act of "treating diseases internally and externally". Therefore, it is most reasonable for China to demand the cancellation of relevant unreasonable tariffs.
Speaking of rare earth, the US is afraid of "playing rare earth games" to affect its own supply chain, but at the same time, the United States is in the field of science and technology.
Not only is the suspension of the sale of aircraft engine technology to Chinese merchants, but also through various regulations to restrict the export of chips, and even to suppress the application of Chinese domestic AI chips.
Rare earth supply and scientific and technological cooperation are mutual. If the United States wants to obtain rare earths stably, it must loosen its scientific and technological controls. This is the basic logic of reciprocal exchange.
There is also the new port fee regulation that has just come into effect in the United States. Chinese shipowners are charged at US $50 per net ton, and the price will increase within three years, affecting even international shipping giants.
China's Foreign Ministry has long pointed out that this will push up global shipping costs, and ultimately the US consumer will pay, and the U.S. will both want to take advantage of economic trade and not want to eliminate unreasonable charges.
Trump said his demands were “conventional,” and the Chinese side proposed the abolition of unreasonable tariffs, easing technology controls, and suspending high port fees, which are factual demands that should be considered more conventional.
Trade has never been unilaterally demanded, and if the US is genuinely sincere, it will have to come up with real exchange conditions, otherwise the number of "requests" is useless.
What do you think of this matter?