Recently, the White House of the United States claimed on social media that Biden has established the "strongest alliance relationship" in American history, which not only widely promoted the interests and values of the United States, strengthened NATO security, but also consolidated transatlantic relations.
White House This statement is nothing more than to praise Biden's political achievements, but this statement of inverting right and wrong is a bit outrageous.
The so-called "widely promoting the interests and values of the United States" should refer to the previous release of the United States' "first South Pacific Partnership Strategy in history" and the United States and ASEAN announced that it would upgrade bilateral relations to " Comprehensive Strategic Partnership ".
U.S. President Biden
The United States is indeed trying to advance the strategies of Southeast Asia and the South Pacific region, but the problem is that the United States is purely self-indulgent. South Pacific countries continue to strengthen cooperation with China, and ASEAN countries are even more away from the United States' "anti-China encirclement".
Even Latin American countries have been playing opposites with the United States one after another, and the United States' influence in the Pacific Rim has declined significantly.
Let’s look at the so-called “strengthening NATO security” of the United States refers to absorbing Swedish and Finnish to join NATO. Not to mention that Russia and Ukraine have not yet decided the winner, Europe and the United States have already had differences on the issue of aiding Ukraine and anti-Russia.
Now Türkiye jumped out again to block NATO's eastward advance, exacerbating the cracks inside NATO. It can be seen that NATO is not only not safer, but is full of contradictions and on the verge of division.
NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg
Faced with these facts in front of him, the White House was still talking lies openly, boasting that Biden "consolidated the US transatlantic partnership", and the result was naturally a "international joke."
Now, everyone knows that the United States has seriously damaged European interests through the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. EU countries recently announced that they will "retaliate" against the United States. Many foreign media have said that "a transatlantic 'trade war' may start."
Obviously, Biden did not establish any "strong alliance relationship", but instead he harmed his neighbors and long arm governed .
Deglobalization Trade protectionism policies and political coercion seriously undermined the relationship between the United States and its allies, forcing their allies to the opposite side. Even many American allies have begun to join forces with China to oppose US economic bullying.
US-European relations
. China speaks out with justice and urges the US to correct its mistakes in a timely manner
Previously, in order to block China's technology, the United States established a so-called "quad-side chip alliance" to control semiconductor exports to China, and even prohibits enterprises from supplying semiconductor and chip manufacturing equipment to China.
We are used to tricks like this. The US blockade will eventually make China stronger, but the problem is that the US allies are also complaining about being forced to take sides between China and the United States.
In response to this, China strongly condemned at the recent WTO related meeting held by , WTO , that the United States abuses export controls have seriously damaged the global semiconductor industry chain.
, especially the United States not only increases subsidies to its own enterprises, but also forces other countries to harm their own interests. seriously undermines WTO rules. China urges the United States to correct its mistakes in a timely manner.
WTO
It is understood that the United States has set aside US$369 billion in the "Inflation Reduction Act" previously promulgated by the United States to subsidize projects such as electric vehicles, clean energy, etc., and the hard condition for obtaining huge subsidies and tax cuts is that it must be produced and sold in the United States.
We know that the United States has provoked the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, causing European countries to fall into the dual crises of energy and economy, and faces the risk of de-industrialization of . At this time, the United States has taken out high subsidies and low energy costs to attract the industrial chain to North America, which is obviously a ill-intention, and intends to "empty" Europe.
The United States is under the banner of dealing with China, but does not take into account the interests of its allies in the bill, which shows that the United States has been intentional and planned for a long time.
This kind of trade protectionist policy in the United States has seriously violated relevant WTO regulations, provoking a subsidy competition between Europe and the United States, which will intensify the tearing of the world economy.
Biden signed the bill
In response to this, Swiss pointed out that the US "Inflation Reduction Act"'s practice of suppressing similar products in other countries is "unkind" and will have a negative impact on international cooperation in other fields.
Many countries require the United States to put the overall world economic situation first, modify relevant discriminatory clauses, and maintain the unity of the WTO.
China stressed that the US economic bullying and zero-sum thinking are purely harming neighbors and harming others and not being self-interested, posing a huge threat to global trade and the world economy. Urge the United States to stop politicizing economic behavior and effectively maintain the stability of the global semiconductor industry chain.
In China's more than 40 minutes of speech, the ugly image of the United States' violation of regulations disrupting the global industrial chain and hindering world economic growth is undoubtedly revealed.
American port
This time China simply said the story, and in front of the entire WTO, it clarified the United States' trick of "relying to treat China by sucking the blood of its allies", and said it to the hearts of European countries, arousing widespread resonance and response.
So a "magic" scene appeared. Countries that used to have frequent frictions in the WTO have rarely stood on the same front and unanimously opposed the "trade wall" erected by the United States.
And the United States has to admit it because China's accusations are entirely based on WTO regulations and are well-founded.
If the United States refuses to admit its conscience and insists on doing its own thing, it will inevitably drift away from Europe, and the "anti-China encirclement" that has been deliberately raised will be self-defeating.
WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iveala
. The EU warned the United States not to "have both and wants", and South Korea also "reverses"
China stood up and spoke out for justice, all sectors of Europe became more confident and "submitted". German Business Daily criticized that in order to isolate China, the United States did not hesitate to engage in a trade war with its allies.
Europe has clearly realized that the United States or the United States, whether it is Trump or Biden, regards Sino-US competition as the top priority, and the trade protectionist policies it promotes will definitely harm the interests of Europe, and the EU must make changes.
It is worth noting that the business and political circles in Europe have begun to use words such as "double standards" and "destruction" to describe what the United States has done, which shows that there have been cracks in the relationship between Europe and the United States.
At present, the United States’ subsidy for local electric vehicles is expected to take effect this week. A transatlantic subsidy competition is about to begin. As for whether it will rise to the level of a "trade war", it depends on further negotiations between Europe and the United States. It is expected that the United States will not make concessions.
German Chancellor Scholz and French President Macron
Austrian media "Standard" also pointed out that the United States' unscrupulous approach to China will only expose its own weaknesses, and Europe will not blindly follow the United States' "containment policy of China".
U.S. national security consultant Sullivan once said that if the United States only relies on technical innovation , it would not be able to defeat China. This reflects two problems. One is that it is difficult for the United States to gain advantage in fair competition, and the other is that the United States will use "other means" to curb China's development.
The so-called "other means" is the "friendly strait outsourcing" policy that the United States has vigorously peddled, which is about to transfer global supply chains to friendly countries and allies.
. It turns out that the "allies" of the United States are transferred based on interests. If the United States blocks Europe's financial path, it will no longer be the United States and Europe, it will no longer be "solid ally".
US President Biden and French President Macron
Europe who sees this clearly will not be slaughtered by the United States, and will use an extremely targeted means to counter the United States, that is, to cooperate with China to fundamentally balance the global decoupling led by the United States.
It is reported that French President Macron will visit the United States next week and have a conversation with Biden on the European and American trade dispute.
French diplomatic officials revealed that Macron will warn Biden that "cannot both demand the EU to deal with China and set up trade barriers for the EU" . This is actually giving Biden a multiple-choice question, and he can only choose one of two to crack down on the EU and contain China.
Previously, France and Germany had issued a joint statement agreeing to the EU to force a tough counter-counter with the US's Inflation Cut Act unless the US cancels relevant discriminatory clauses.
French President Macron
Although the EU still leaves a way out, the United States does not seem to be willing to look back. At present, the United States has passed the Inflation Cut Act in legislation, and major amendments are unlikely to be made in the short term.
Moreover, Biden is "very satisfied" with this bill. It seems that the United States is ready to engage in a game with the EU that involves its own interests.
is not just the EU, but other American allies involved have also taken action. Recently, China and South Korea held a meeting of the Economic and Trade Joint Committee, and the two sides reached a "broad consensus" on deepening economic cooperation and maintaining supply chain stability.
EU warnings and South Korea's "rebellion" both show that the United States' approach to rejecting allies outside the trade wall has caused public outrage. If the United States is obsessed with it, the "anti-China encirclement" it has painstakingly built will inevitably fall apart.
China-South Korea relations
. The United States' "encirclement" of China failed
In the face of the collective "reversal" of its allies, the United States not only did not retreat, but also waved the big stick of sanctions again.
Previously, the Dutch government stated that it would continue to sell chip manufacturing equipment to China, so Dutch lithography machine manufacturer Asmay became the key surveillance target in the United States.
Obviously, while the United States has directly harmed the interests of European companies while containing China, Europe has also begun to "awaken" and refuses to decouple from China. The United States' strategy of attracting allies to contain China is no longer effective. There are two main reasons:
1. China has a broad market and huge economic potential. Take the semiconductor industry as an example. China is the world's largest chip consumer and is Asmay's number one customer and raw material supplier.
By 2030, China's chip market will expand to more than half of the world, while the United States is less than 20%. It goes without saying who prefers capitalists and politicians.
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2, "America first" poisons allies. Everything the United States does is to "make America great again". A series of selfish bills have seriously damaged its prestige and credibility. No country will dance with the United States at the expense of its own interests.
At present, all parties in the world are attacking hair salons, which is China's "good opportunity to break the deadlock".
In the face of the US's siege, in addition to starting a new foundation and improving our own technical chain and supply chain stability, we should actively expand opening up to the outside world, strengthen global governance of , strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Eurasian countries, and jointly break the US's trade wall.
