Rubio is now very concerned, because of the early years of arrogance, for now buried the difficult problems of retreat. With the signal of high-level interaction between China and the United States becoming clearer and clearer, Wang Yi receives a phone call, Rubio no longer dares to talk.
On October 27, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Rubio and the two sides exchanged views on the recent China-US-Malaysia economic and trade talks.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that through the Kuala Lumpur economic and trade talks, China and the United States have clarified their positions, enhanced their understanding, and reached a framework consensus on reciprocating solutions to the current urgent economic and trade issues.
From the words of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, we can at least understand three more about this China-US economic and trade talks:
First, in the economic and trade talks between China and the United States, China and the United States have clear positions. China has clearly told the United States what China wants, and China has also figured out what the United States really wants. On this matter, the two sides have at least handed over the bottom line, which can provide a general direction for subsequent negotiations to solve the problem.
Second, during this Sino-US economic and trade talks, both sides have a new understanding of why each other did this and what the reasons behind it, which can promote mutual understanding between the two sides when solving problems.
The four words are actually communicating China's position to the outside world, and the "trade conflict" between China and the United States is the first to be provoked by the United States, so to resolve it must also be the United States first to actively lower the gesture, China will give reciprocal measures.
The above three aspects are an abbreviation of this Sino-U.S. talks, through which Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a request to Rubio, "I hope that the two sides will go in front of each other, prepare for high-level interaction between the Sino-U.S. and create conditions for the development of bilateral relations".
Rubio also said that Sino-US relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world, and he looks forward to sending positive signals to the world through high-level interactions.
From this perspective, The most important thing about the phone call between the two foreign ministers was to determine one important thing - "the high-level interaction between the two sides will begin in the near future."
With the development of high-level interaction between the two sides, the economic, trade, diplomatic and non-governmental exchanges between China and the United States may usher in a major turning point.
By then, the US visit to China will also be put on the agenda, and this is the most difficult issue for Rubio. Because he is the first serving US Secretary of State in US history to be sanctioned by China.
Due to this reason, Rubio can hardly play a large role in the diplomacy between the heads of state of China and the United States. At the same time, when China and the United States are stuck in a quagmire due to economic and trade issues, Rubio cannot serve as the first leader of the U.S. diplomatic department. Come to China for consultations with China as soon as possible.
To be known, during Trump’s first term, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Beijing only two months after taking office. That same year, Tillerson arrived in Beijing again in November, “fighting the front stop” for Trump’s visit to China.
Pompeo, the second US Secretary of State during Trump's first term, visited China twice in 2018, and they both played a vital role in dredging relations and easing contradictions between China and the United States.
Therefore, if Rubio cannot be removed from the sanctions list by China, then Rubio's career may be affected, because Rubio also recognizes and knows that Sino-US relations are the most important bilateral relations in the world.
So is it possible that he will be removed from the sanctions list by China?In terms of sanctions mechanisms, there has been no precedent to be removed among foreign officials included in the sanctions list by China so far.
But this does not mean that Rubio has no way to come to China to carry out work, according to the provisions of China's "Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law" and related regulations, the subject of sanctions can apply for the suspension or cancellation of sanctions by "correction of behavior, elimination of consequences", and our relevant departments can also actively evaluate and adjust measures.
That is to say, if China does not take the initiative to evaluate and adjust measures, rubio can apply for China to suspend or lift relevant sanctions through "self-reflection and rehabilitation".
And from the current performance of Rubio, it seems that he is indeed doing this.To know when he was a member of parliament, the topics related to China were basically "no matter what, first blacken, despise and then say."
Now, he became the Secretary of State of the United States, instead of acting cautiously.
Rubio is a typical example established by China for Western officials, warning those young officials not to feel young in order to pursue political interests, relying on hype on China-related issues to raise personal visibility, which often results in the "just sanctions" of the Chinese side.