[Wen/Observer Network Xiong Chaoran] On the evening of October 24 local time, US President Trump had set off to visit three Asian countries. At the same time, Sino-US economic and trade consultations began in Malaysia. At this moment, the Trump administration, addicted to "extreme pressure", played this trick against China again.
According to Bloomberg News on October 24, local time, citing senior US officials, Trump will seek to sign economic agreements and critical minerals agreements with trading partners during his trip to Asia. According to the report, Trump's plan to sign a mineral agreement in Asia is that the United States is increasing its pressure on China.
According to the report, the officials in charge of reporting to reporters have said that Trump will seek agreements that will help release resources in the region (Asia), thus building a more reliable supply chain for industries, boosting global economic growth, and securing more U.S. investment.
It is contradictory that Trump, on the one hand, deliberately attempts to put pressure on China, but on the other hand, “seeking China.”
According to TASS news agency local time on October 25, after boarding the aircraft Air Force One, Trump told an accompanying reporter that he wanted to discuss the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with China, "I hope to see China help us."
“We have imposed very tough sanctions on Russia.I think these sanctions are very tough, very tough.But I want to see China help us.”
On October 24, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiangkun said in response to questions about the Ukrainian crisis that China has always decided on its position on the basis of the situation itself, and has been committed to ceasefire and persuasion and talks. China's efforts are seen by the international community.We will continue to firmly stand on the side of dialogue and stand on the side of peace, and play a constructive role in promoting the mitigation and warming of the situation and promoting the political resolution of the crisis.
On October 24, 2025, the United States’ Andrews Joint Base in Maryland, and U.S. President Trump boarded the Air Force One, preparing to travel to Asia.
Bloomberg pointed out that rare earth minerals are crucial to many key areas such as science and technology, national defense and energy, and their supply and circulation will become the core topic of this discussion.
In the new round of trade between China and the United States, in the face of the United States' continuously increasing export control and restrictive pressure on China, in order to safeguard the national security interests, China immediately launched countermeasures, and on October 9 introduced a series of new rare earth rules.
Since then, the exasperated Trump once said that he would continue to blackmail China with high tariffs, but within a few days, he kept a low profile again. On October 17, local time, Trump said in an interview on Fox Business News that the blackmail he had previously threatened to restart with high tariffs against China was "not sustainable."
Reuters said that in recent days, Trump has expressed optimism about reaching a trade agreement with China. Later on October 23rd, local time, he said: "I think we will achieve good results and everyone will be very happy."
Bloomberg noted that after being "hurt" by China's new rules on rare earths, Trump has recently been trying to ensure alternative sources for the mining and processing of key minerals. On October 20, local time, Trump and Australia Prime Minister Albanese met at the White House and signed a key mineral agreement worth US$8.5 billion.
However, international industry experts generally believe that although Australia has a large number of rare earth reserves, its production infrastructure is still underdeveloped, making processing relatively expensive.
According to the International Energy Agency, China accounts for more than 60% of the global rare earth mineral production in 2023, but its control over the processing phase accounts for 92% of the global output and has almost monopoly control in the global rare earth processing field.
According to reports, in addition to the rare-earth issue, Trump also tried to persuade China to resume purchases of U.S. soybeans, and before Trump embarked on a visit to Asia, he still did not forget to hype the so-called "Fentanyl issue", claiming to have put this issue at the top of the list against China, "the first issue is Fentanyl."
On October 23, local time, White House Press Secretary Levitt announced at a news conference that Trump will depart to Malaysia on the evening of October 24 local time and will visit Japan and South Korea. Next Thursday (30 October), Trump will deliver a speech at the APEC Business Leaders Summit.
During his visit to three Asian countries, on October 26th, local time, Trump will meet with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar and attend the working dinner of ASEAN Summit leaders; On October 27th, local time, Trump will meet with the new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae; On October 29th, local time, Trump will fly to South Korea to meet with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.
On October 16, China's Ministry of Commerce spokesman Hu Zhong pointed out that China's recent introduction of rare earth export control measures is based on laws and regulations, improve the legitimate practice of its own export control system, with the aim of preventing the illegal flow of rare earth to weapons of mass destruction and other improper uses, and better safeguard China's national security and global common security.
On October 23, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce of China told reporters on China-U.S. economic and trade consultation related issues, saying that after the agreement of the two sides, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau member and State Council deputy prime minister Ho Li Feng will lead the delegation to Malaysia on October 24-27 to hold economic and trade consultations with the United States.
On October 24th, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference. A reporter asked whether the heads of state of China and the United States would hold a meeting during the APEC meeting. Guo Jiakun said that China and the United States have maintained close communication on the meeting between the two heads of state, and China will release any further information in time.
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