Following the hype that "Chinese garlic threatens US national security" and "banning the Pentagon from purchasing Chinese batteries", the United States has attacked China's tinned steel again.
According to the global network, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the implementation of anti-dumping duties on tin-plated steel products from China, Germany and Canada at the beginning of this month, with the highest tax rate levied on China reaching 122.5%.
Tin-plated steel, commonly known as "tinplate", refers to a cold-rolled thin steel plate coated with a layer of metallic tin on the surface, which is mostly used in the manufacture of food cans, coatings and sprays and other containers, which can effectively play an anti-corrosion and anti-rust effect.
Now canned food has also become a threat to US national security?
But it is such a small piece of steel that has become a "thorn in the side" of the US government. In August last year, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it would conduct an anti-dumping investigation on tin-plated steel products from China, Germany, Canada and other countries, and there was no suspense in the results.
However, the lame excuse made by the US Department of Commerce is no longer even readable to the US media. Last year, the Wall Street Journal broke the news that the reason why the U.S. government suddenly had trouble with a steel plate was because the tinplate produced by the Cleveland-Clifts steel plant could not compete with similar foreign products on the market.
In response to this, the steel mill began to use its "crooked brains" and submitted a petition to the Ministry of Commerce at the beginning of last year, labeling China and other countries as "harming the interests of American steelworkers and causing job losses", demanding that tariffs of nearly 300% be imposed on these countries.
Competition is nothing more than a means of indiscriminate use, the consistent style of the United States
Ohio, where the Cleveland-Clifts steel plant is located, is one of the most important swing states in the presidential election, and former Democratic Congressman James Bucks pointed out that even if the cost of the tariffs falls on the American public, Biden is bound to consider taking action in order to win votes in swing states.
And that's exactly what Bacchus said. The Biden administration's imposition of tariffs on tinplate in China and other countries is essentially a "kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself" approach - tinplate is widely used in food canned packaging, and the United States is one of the largest consumers of canned food.
Bacchus claims that non-perishable canned food is essential for Americans who depend on Social Security for their livelihoods, and that rising canned food prices, combined with cuts in welfare subsidies, will exacerbate the hardships of 42 million Americans.
Sooner or later, the United States will beat itself to death with this set of seven wounds
The report released by the Consumer Branding Association also pointed out that the Commerce Department's request to meet the cleveland-Cleveland steel plant's tariffs would have "counterproductive consequences", and the capacity of the domestic steel plant in the United States simply cannot meet the needs of canned production.
At that time, Biden will either find a way to import more tinplate from other countries, or import more canned food from China, and the influx of a large number of Chinese canned food is likely to impact the interests of domestic canners and farmers in the United States, further exacerbating the problem of domestic unemployment.
Biden
It can be seen that the huge tariffs imposed by U.S. commerce on China's tinplate are essentially Biden's "brain-slapping decision", even if these policies that violate the laws of the market will cause more serious consequences, but Biden has ignored these potential effects in order to win votes in swing states.
Even Bacchus, a former Democratic congressman, criticized that in the past, the Democratic Party has always advertised itself as a party that "cares about the poor", and Biden has repeatedly said that he wants to protect the "interests of American workers", but in fact, what he and the Democratic Party have done is to quench their thirst, as if they can turn a blind eye to the negative effects of harmful decisions by labeling them with a layer of bells and whistles.