After talking with China on the phone for two hours, the EU turned around and turned against it, blocking four Chinese companies at once

The EU was still talking with China on the phone the day before, want to negotiate with China, China accepted the invitation of the European Union, the EU immediately turned its face? launched a new round of sanctions against Russia, but a breath of black four Chinese enterprises.

The European Union, concerned that there is not enough rare earth, on October 21 had a phone call with the Chinese side, spoke for two hours, tried to consult with China on a "emergency solution", and China accepted the EU's invitation, ready to go to Brussels for interviews.

According to Sputnik news agency & radio, on October 22, local time, the European Union has approved the 19th round of sanctions against Russia.

In this sanction, for the first time, the EU made it clear that it would no longer import Russian natural gas, and also sanctioned Russia's "shadow fleet" for transporting oil. At the same time, it sanctioned four Chinese companies, basically involving the oil industry.

The European Union has eagerly launched a new round of sanctions against Russia, intending to follow the United States "in the heat".Trump proposed a ceasefire on the current frontline, and the twelve European countries united to make a statement to support Trump's proposal, but Russia is not willing, it wants to control the entire Donbass.

Trump cancelled the meeting with Putin and put pressure on Russia.The United States doesn’t care what the benefits of the final ceasefire will be for both sides, Trump as long as they immediately cease fire.This will both strengthen America’s international influence, allow the United States to participate in Ukraine’s reconstruction as soon as possible, and demonstrate his image of peace.

No matter what the United States cancelled the meeting for, pressure on Russia is something Europe wants to see.The United States imposes new sanctions on Russia, and Europe does not hesitate to act directly in sync with the United States.

At the same time, the U.S. has also often put pressure on China on the Ukrainian issue, wanting to force China not to buy Russian oil and stop Russia, so Europe has added Chinese companies to the sanctions.

China has repeatedly stated that it has never supported Russia's war. It is up to China to decide which country's oil China buys, and it is not the turn of other countries to dictate.

Chinese companies have trade with Russia, it is normal business behavior, only participants in this market, the EU's practice is to extend sanctions on the Russian national level to specific participants in the market, taking third-party companies as "the guilty sheep".

Of course, the intention of doing so is not just to impose sanctions on Russia, but to put pressure on Russia through China, involve Sino-Russian relations in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and even try to sow discord between China and Russia.

And according to Reuters, the EU's massive handshake on Chinese oil industry companies is also a "distract" for other countries. countries with which there are oil deals with Russia are not more than China, but also India and other countries, the EU is trying to use this practice, forcing other countries to reduce oil trade with Russia as well.

The biggest contradiction in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict now remains territorial disputes, and this requires negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, or consultations between Europe and Russia as a whole.

It is worth mentioning that in this sanction, the EU announced for the first time that it would no longer import Russian natural gas. You must know that since the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Europe has reduced trade with Russia, but has not been able to completely ban Russian natural gas imports.

Before the sanctions were introduced, Europe imported more Russian natural gas this year than last year. In the eyes of the United States, this is actually funding Russia. Perhaps in order to fully support Trump's pressure on Russia, the EU has made up its mind this time not to import Russian natural materials.

This marks an escalation of EU sanctions on Russia and further disconnection with Russia’s energy, but the EU is also costly to do so. Russia’s natural gas is cheap, nearby, and there are already built gas pipelines, transportation is fairly convenient.

After the EU stops Russian natural gas, it can naturally only buy it from other places, most likely from the United States. The early trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union involved the EU's purchase of Russian energy. However, the cost of buying from the United States is quite large, and the EU has to build its own internal transportation system and related port facilities.

Therefore, it can be said that the EU's new sanctions on Russia seem to be a statement in an attempt to allow the United States to continue to put pressure on Russia. However, if the fundamental contradiction of the war is not resolved, this kind of pressure cannot solve the problem.