Apparently, China's rare-earth control ban this time, really strikingly hit the western countries on seven inches! not only are the United States now eager to talk to us about rare-earth problems, Europe's those once bullshit the country, also like the ants on the hot pot, in order to force China to relax rare-earth control, can be said to have done eighteen kinds of martial arts.

French President Macron even talked about releasing the "nuclear option" to force China to relax its ban on rare earths.

Just on October 23, the European Union held a closed-door summit in Brussels, Belgium, focusing on studying how to open the door to rare earths that has been tightly closed by China.

We know that when China implemented a policy of closing the country, Western powers used strong ships and artillery to open the door to China. Now, China has closed the door to rare earth exports. Although these western powers are anxious, they no longer dare to use the policy of strengthening ships and guns.

Because today's China is no longer the China of the late Qing Dynasty. Nowadays, China no longer implements the policy of closing the country from the outside world, and even asks the former Western powers to open their doors to China because we want to enter.

Times have changed, and today is not what it used to be.

So, in the face of China's rare-earth ban, what the Western powers can think of is only economic options, military aspects, that is what we do not dare to think, as long as we do not need to open their doors with heavy-duty cannons.

So, Macron at this EU summit, claiming to release the "nuclear option", what exactly is the color, can there be nuclear weapons in general?

Is Macron really determined to have the will and the power to release this so-called ¡°nuclear option¡±?

This so-called "nuclear option" is not unusual. It is something called the "Anti-Coercion Tools Act" that the EU formulated when it faced Trump's economic coercion and will not take effect until the end of 2024.

According to the requirements of this bill, if it is determined that a certain country has imposed trade coercion on the EU, the EU can activate this bill and release all available means to counterattack.

These so-called measures, including a set of comprehensive measures that the EU could counteract, including imposing punitive tariffs on targets, restricting services and government procurement, cutting off capital flows, and even suspending patent and copyright protection in target countries.

Because it contains a lot of content, it is also known as the EU's "all-power toolbox" for implementing external countermeasures.

Because once the bill is enacted, its destructive power is enormous, described by nuclear weapons in the field of trade, it is very similar to its destructive power.

Even if the original intent was against the United States, the EU did not actually enable this "nuclear option" when the United States puts maximum pressure on the EU.

The reason is very simple. Although the U.S. trade limit pressure has caused huge economic difficulties to the EU, once this "nuclear option" is released and counterattack, it means that trade between the EU and the United States is on the road to being cut off.

The result must be to kill one thousand enemies and lose one thousand twenty to yourself.

In comparison, the European Union's economic power is less than that of the United States, so once it is completely fought, the European Union loses more.

In the face of the United States, the European Union dares to come up with a solution, but it does not dare to really implement it.

Even if tens of thousands of sanctions were imposed on Russia, the EU did not use this trade "nuclear option" to deal with Russia. Of course, it can also be said that because the EU has imposed countless sanctions on Russia, even the tools in the "nuclear option" can't keep up with the tens of thousands of sanctions.

This time, Macron¡¯s cry to use the Anti-Coercion Tool Act, in fact, also shows that the current rare-earth ban, indeed, makes the EU feel what is called the pain of deep bone marrow.

Of course, the cause of the pain of the European Union now, and partly is the Netherlands, who made them want to loot the Semiconductor?

No, Europe¡¯s automotive industry is about to end, so the EU should look at its own roots and not put the responsibility on China.

As for Macron's so-called activation of trade "nuclear options", there are probably not many people within the EU who support him. Because everyone knows that the reason why Macron raised this topic was not that France was noble or brave, but that was just the words used by Macron to strengthen France's political and economic status in the EU.

Because France today is no longer the France under Charles de Gaulle. Not only has it lost its influence in Africa, but even within the EU, France's influence is also declining.

Therefore, Macron is concerned, the world leader can¡¯t, the leader of the European Union still has to fight for and maintain.

Macron whispered, but almost no one responded, because everyone understood the purpose of France and did not want to go with France to die.

Take Germany as an example. Due to the lack of automotive-grade chips and rare earth raw materials, Germany's automobile industry is now at the most severe moment in history.

Now the most wanted to ease relations with China is Germany. but the Germans can not let go of their arrogance, they would have sought to China, want to offer a visit to China to solve the rare-earth problem, but also want to touch China on the Taiwan Sea issue.

Of course, we won't be polite, so the German Foreign Minister's visit to China was thus ruined by himself.

In fact, the European Union wants to purchase rare earth in China, it is not impossible, as long as they apply and provide where rare earth is used, related products and process data, etc. as long as they are provided, after we have reviewed there are no problems and can track the final destination of the product, or can be sold to them.

The reason why we make such a request is really because our domestic rare earth reserves are not much and we have to use them ourselves. Besides, we provide 90% of the world's rare earth materials, and the damage to our environment is huge. We also have to consider environmental protection issues, right?

Only sustainable rare soils are good rare soils, right?

Finally, whether the European Union or the United States, when asking China to lift the rare earth restrictions, have they forgotten how many discriminatory and restrictive measures they have imposed on China?

Is their practice, whether or not the same as before, restricting China can, China restricting the old way they don¡¯t?

Now western countries should understand that that set is outdated.