Western countries have recently made a series of big moves, including the EU summit, the G7 leaders' meeting and the NATO summit. These three consecutive meetings have the United States and its allies. There is a certain logic to these three meetings. Relations, the main EU countries first determine their positions, the G7 summit determines the strategies and attitudes towards China and Russia, and finally they are discussed and adopted at the NATO summit.
On June 26, the G7 summit was held in Germany. Biden couldn’t wait. He posted on social media that the G7 had reached a consensus on expanding sanctions against Russia and would ban the import of gold from Russia. ; At present, countries around the world have restrictions on gold. The demand is very high. Even if the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan do not buy Russian gold, other countries will. Last year, Russia exported about 300 tons of gold, while India imported 1,050 tons.
The "gold sanctions" Biden calls are just to allow India and other countries that want to import gold to spend less money to import Russian gold, thus strengthening the economic ties between Russia and other countries. Now many countries are "De-dollarization" is being carried out, and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing, and the price of gold is relatively strong. Therefore, in this context, the G7's announcement of sanctions on Russian gold is likely to lead to the same fate as the previous sanctions on oil.
China is also one of the main targets. During the G7 summit, the Group of Seven announced that it would prepare 600 billion US dollars in private and public funds within 5 years to provide support for developing countries. Infrastructure funding, responds to China's "One Belt, One Road" project.
Biden emphasized that the United States is expected to raise US$200 billion in funds within five years to support construction projects in low- and middle-income countries. However, he mentioned that these funds are not "charitable projects." will provide benefits to the American people and all countries. investment that brings returns to the people and promotes economic development.
However, as a country that keeps its word, any promises made by the United States are not worthy of trust. Although it is euphemistically called "developing infrastructure construction," in fact, it cannot be ruled out that it is taking advantage of this investment. expands its "small circle" and attracts more "little brothers", so it depends not on what the United States says, but on what it does.
And at last year’s G7 summit, the leaders of the seven countries proposed to “rebuild a better world” and raise 40 trillion US dollars to help some countries complete the infrastructure project requirements. One year has passed, how is the progress of the project? There is also no news, and no country has taken the initiative to propose it. Maybe they also know that they are just "paying lip service."
More importantly, the "One Belt, One Road" initiative has been launched in 2013. China has established cooperative relationships with 149 countries. We have "innate advantages". At the same time, even if the Group of Seven has really raised funds, many developments The return on investment in Chinese countries and regions is low. Are the United States and other countries really willing to spend their money in these places? Moreover, infrastructure construction is a shortcoming of the United States. China has an absolute advantage in this field. Among the top 20 construction contractors in the world, 14 are from China and none from the United States.
In addition, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also had "vicious words" against China and Russia at the summit. Kishida said that it was precisely because of the Russian army's "invasion" Ukraine that it led to an increase in international energy and food prices, affecting supply. chain, and the world economy has also been affected; he also mentioned the "Indo-Pacific situation", saying that Ukraine's today is the tomorrow of East Asia, and also emphasized the importance of the Taiwan Strait , and his attitude towards China is even tougher than that of the United Kingdom and the United States. , In addition to showing loyalty to Japan, Kishida's move is also to gain the support of domestic public opinion.
At the same time, NATO is also very aggressive. It is reported that the NATO summit will be held in Spain on the 29th and 30th of this month. Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand will also be invited to attend . The Secretary-General of NATO said in an interview, China is not NATO's opponent, but China's rise in recent years has posed "challenges" to NATO's interests and security. Therefore, this NATO summit will make important decisions and send a message to China.
However, China and Russia will not restrain their hands because of the threat from the West. The recent BRICS meeting also went smoothly. While the G7 is trying its best to put pressure on China and Russia, was not used at the BRICS meeting. Completely on the contrary, they showed great unity. Putin stated to the outside world that they are currently formulating relevant alternative international settlement mechanisms , and BRICS 5 countries have also reached an agreement on the issue of expansion, and there will be more and more in the future. The country has become an important member of the BRICS countries and jointly fights against American hegemony.
As long as China and Russia continue to join forces, no matter how Western countries engage in the "small circle" conspiracy, they will not succeed. Those who do injustice will be self-destructive. If Western countries continue to make mistakes, they will pay a heavy price.
