Recently, the United States has been making constant moves in the economic and diplomatic fields, frequently making moves against China, in an attempt to ease its own economic pressure while suppressing China. This time, the Biden administration not only sent Yellen to visit China to talk about its commitment not to "decouple" from China, but also sent senior officials to Europe to lobby and win over the EU to launch an economic blockade of China. The Chinese side has long been accustomed to the behavior of the United States of "talking to people and talking nonsense to the devil," and it is still too tender to want to play two cards together to deal with China.
In order to stabilize China, Biden sent Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to visit China and say good things about China. According to CCTV News, on April 5, Yellen attended an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China in Guangzhou and spoke to U.S. companies in China, once again emphasizing that both President Biden and she oppose the "decoupling" of China and the United States.
It can be seen that Yellen took Biden's "golden mouth" as a "sword of Shang Fang" and said that she opposes the "decoupling" of China and the United States, and the purpose is to take the opportunity of her visit to China to stabilize China. Yellen's trip to China, first of all, came to Guangzhou, is to fancy Guangdong's status as a major economic province and a pioneer of opening up, and her itinerary has become the focus of online public opinion, very much attention of Chinese netizens, she also mentioned that China has a large middle class, which is very important to the United States. You know, she also said that she would suppress China in green energy, but when she arrived in Guangzhou, she changed her tone and began to say good things to the Chinese side and public opinion.
Not only that, but the U.S. government is also trying to play the second card, which is to unite with Europe to counter China's economic growth. According to a report by the Observer on April 5, U.S. Trade Representative Tai Qi told European media before traveling to Brussels for a two-day "EU-US Trade and Technology Council" that China's economic system is very "efficient", which is a "challenge" from China, and that China's steel, aluminum, solar panels and electric vehicles "overcapacity" is worrying, calling on the United States and Europe to join forces, especially for Chinese electric vehicles, not only with tariffs, but also with "more offensive" means, such as " Incentives to correct market dynamics that are not conducive to us".
The United States played two cards at the same time, just to contain and suppress China, don't look at what Biden just said on the phone with the Chinese leader, what he said is better than singing, what "six noes and one unintentional", especially not seeking to "decouple" from China, according to the temperament of the US government, from Bali to San Francisco, frequent meetings have only superficially reversed the downward trend of Sino-US relations, the Biden administration still "says one thing, does another", does whatever it wants, and simply forgets its own commitments.
It can be seen that the US government is like this, and even other high-ranking officials are in line with the style of the leadership, which is simply "one nostril out of the air". Yellen claimed to have the same opinion with Biden this time, which is to oppose the "decoupling" between China and the United States, but it is foreseeable that Yellen may not hold back any bad water when she goes back, and the tricks of the United States now in front of her and behind her back can be said to be "perfect". Moreover, Dai Qi's attempt to persuade Europe to jointly counter China's economic development has perfectly illustrated the US style of "talking about people and talking nonsense when they see them," and China must be careful to be vigilant against the next moves of the US government.
And, although Yellen emphasized her opposition to decoupling, this may well be understood in another context, that is, "I can hit you, but you can't let go." In other words, the United States first slapped and then gave this "sweet date", just to make China relax its vigilance, not to oppose decoupling, but to suppress and contain, but as long as China does a little to protect its own interests, it may be condescendingly beaten by the United States, accusing China of actually engaging in "decoupling"; in addition, Yellen's attitude is combined with Dai Qi's statement about "overcapacity" It can be inferred that the supply chain and substitutes that the United States intends to choose will not be made by Chinese companies, and the supply chain that does not have a choice will maintain communication with China to meet its own needs, and gradually engage in "decoupling" in this way.
Interestingly, in Tai's view, China's "unbelievable" economic growth over the past few decades has become one of the key factors in tensions between China and the United States, so not only the US economy, but also the EU economic system has been affected by China. In the process of China's economic development, it not only provided the United States with a large number of high-quality commodities of good quality and low prices, but also "bailed out" the United States during the financial crisis.
What's even funnier is that Tai Qi actually said that China's economic system is "non-market", and alarmistly said that it would cause serious economic and political damage to the EU. Western countries have long been denied that China's economic system is a market economy, and we are accustomed to it, but in Western theory, the market economy is the most efficient, so how can China's "non-market" economy threaten your "market economy"? You must know that the essence of the market economy is competition, and the life of efficiency also lies in competition, and this kind of competition must be fair and just. However, after the Americans fell behind in the competition, they began to roll around, and they also wanted to win over other allies to suppress China by resorting to indiscriminate tactics.
But can Europe really obey the baton of the United States? Not necessarily. In fact, the United States is self-inflicted, digging its own pit and jumping for itself, and now it wants to unite others to unite with Europe to contain China, saying that it wants to use tariffs against China, but as early as the Trump administration, the United States and Europe have been engaged in constant friction over steel and aluminum tariffs, which has caused great losses to EU companies. Some EU officials have previously admitted that although they are committed to "de-risking" China, they want to see China's economy continue to develop, because EU companies can obtain many important products and materials from China. Therefore, differences in China policy may widen the gap between the United States and Europe.
It can be seen that the hypocritical face and hypocritical nature of the United States have been fully revealed at this moment. The "overcapacity" they have in mind is actually a false proposition, because even if China's overcapacity is overcapacity, developing countries around the world must have demand, and if there is demand, there will be exports, especially now that the green energy industry is taking advantage of the opportunity window. In short, no matter how the United States calculates, China can be invincible as long as it is firm in its own development direction and response strategy.