Old Biden is in a hurry! Now he is an ant on a hot pot, and he is in a hurry! It can be said that he has used all kinds of tricks, and even began to learn from his predecessor "Trump", which he now hates very much.
Now he has sat on the gambling table, and uses Lao Mei's own interests and his career as bargaining chips, and it is also as soon as this week, Lao Biden will start this "gambling" game! And as the opponent they are aiming at, what will be the mainland's counterattack?
Why is old Biden in such a hurry? And what is the new gamble he has opened?
As soon as this week, Lao Mei is already wrong and wrong!
According to the wind that has been released, the old Biden administration will "move the knife" on the mainland's electric vehicle field, as well as the well-known semiconductors and even solar energy equipment this week. They keep saying that they want to cooperate with the mainland and will not "decouple" from the mainland!
But the old Biden administration is also always doing these inconsistent things! Some of their media have even revealed specific measures to quadruple tariffs on these areas on the mainland, from the original 25% to 100%!
It can be seen that the old Biden is really in a hurry, and he has used this trick as early as when his predecessor was in office, which has brought the trade relations between the United States and the mainland to a freezing point, and can even be expressed by the word "serious".
Moreover, this move of theirs is already recognized as a "non-compliant operation", and the WTO has long ruled that they have violated the rules.
Old Biden's continued increase in weight and continued to label the economy as political, this is undoubtedly a mistake on top of a mistake! So why is old Biden jumping so much?
In fact, this is related to his current situation, this year is the year of the "talker" campaign on the side of the United States, and the support rate of Trump, Biden Sr.'s strong rival, makes him very red, especially in several important states, his support rate is obviously not as good as Trump.
Therefore, the elder Biden wants to show his image of defending the interests of the United States through his strong stance on the mainland, so as to improve his image in the hearts of the American people!
But his image is not very easy to recover! You must know that some of the inexplicable actions of the old Biden in public in recent years can't help but make people question how much oil this old man who has passed his eighties to lead the United States.
And recently, his handling of the campus demonstrations caused by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has added a bit of black to his image!
This also poured cold water on his "talker" prospects, so for the sake of his career, the old Biden had to add some more chips for himself, so he set his sights on the mainland! As early as February this year, he began to lay out and carried out a survey of electric vehicles in the mainland.
This is a very targeted measure, which is aimed at safeguarding the interests of the Lao American workers internally, and showing a tough attitude toward the mainland externally, which can be described as a "one-step move" that kills two birds with one stone. But there are also many people who think that this is a "risky move"!
A warning from America's own family
Old Biden's move can be said to have attracted a lot of warnings and worries!
Dan Ives, an analyst from Tesla, made the following warning, the United States has been adding bricks to the barrier to China, so will China do the same to the United States?
And he also said that "retaliation" can happen at any time, and this competition for power will continue for a long time. In addition, he believes that if Chinese cars enter the American market, it will be very difficult for Tesla, because it is difficult to deal with.
No wonder they will worry about this, the development of automobiles in the mainland is obvious to all, because in the middle of April, a large number of new energy vehicles gathered in Suzhou Port, ready to be sent to all over the world!
For the old Biden's initiative, in fact, there are differences of opinion within them, some officials in the field of trade are very much in favor of this matter, but the group led by the old American mother-in-law Yellen is calling for reducing tariffs on consumer goods, and the detachment is strategically focused on taxation.
The president of the Lao Mei Manufacturers Association objected to this, and believed that such a policy would only be counterproductive, which would be a "disaster" for their manufacturing industry.
"Before any elected or appointed official starts touting how good the tariffs are, they should look at what exactly those tariffs are doing to some U.S. manufacturers, what they're leading to, and how they're actually putting U.S. manufacturing workers out of work," he stressed. ”
At the same time, he also stressed that if this shot is to be fired, it will have a bad impact on the global trade liberalization system!
Another bigwig, Tang Weishi, CEO of Maserati's parent company, also believes that increasing tariffs will not protect them, but will confront them head-on through more affordable trams!
It can be seen that if old Biden's policy is shot, it is still very likely to lead to becoming a "lame man"!
United States - master of "hype".
In the past few years, Lao Mei has firmly put the name of "hype" master on his head, and he can't get rid of it. Especially for the hype of Continental cars!
They began to hype that the cars produced in the mainland were threatening their national security, and the source of all this was a letter written to the heads of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Communications in 23.
The main content is to say that mainland companies are registering in the most populous places on their territory, and they are also doing a lot of tests in order to obtain data on many Americans.
But the letter is described in one word, that is, "making up nonsense", and the typical "Pony.ai" they described in the letter was expelled by Lao Mei as early as the middle of 2022, but it was used as a model in 23.
A company that was asked to leave the United States in 22 years had a car to test on the territory of the United States in 23 years.
It can be seen that Lao Mei is a sin that he wants to add. In addition, Lao Mei also confused self-driving cars with electric vehicles step by step by confusing the concept, and then connected them with national security, slowly strengthening the targeting, and step by step changing public opinion into what they want.
In fact, such a method of Lao Mei has long been common, not only to deal with us, he can even use his own allies, but also under the banner of "national security", for example, Alstom in France, was fined 770 million by them, and was finally acquired by Lao Mei's own company.
Further back, Lao Mei also beat his younger brother's company, which is also the same cliché reason, Lao Mei launched an investigation into Toshiba, a small company, and the final result was that Toshiba's factories in Lao Mei were all facing closure, and their products were 100% tariffs imposed by Lao Mei, and they were also fined trillions of yen.
You say that it is not a coincidence, just when Toshiba was devastated by Lao Mei, Lao Mei's own related enterprises began to annex the market, and then achieved a monopoly position.
It can be seen that Lao Mei's set has long been familiar with it, and it is also a repetition of the old tricks for mainland cars!
The mainland's response
The trade between China and the United States has been completely ruined by these operations of the United States, and the repetition of the old tricks of the United States has seriously affected the normal trade between the two sides, and they have been making mistakes again and again, and have been desperate in the wrong direction, violating the generally accepted trade rules.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the mainland also responded: "The US side not only does not correct its wrong practices, but continues to politicize economic and trade issues, abuses the so-called Section 301 tariff review procedure, and wants to further increase tariffs. We urge the US side to earnestly abide by WTO rules, cancel all tariffs imposed on China, let alone increase tariffs. ”
epilogue
In the world of Lao Mei, there don't seem to be good people, and the normal trade transactions are all threats to national security in their eyes, which shows that Lao Mei has been blinded and has begun to use all his resources for his own interests.
But does this represent the interests of the majority of the American people? We don't know.
It can be seen that these operations of the United States are forcing themselves to greater losses, and I don't know if it is right or wrong for the old Biden to take the interests of the United States as a move this time, but now that the United States is desperate like this, it will inevitably be only themselves who will be hurt.
References:
(1) The Biden administration intends to impose fourfold tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles? U.S. analysts warn: China will fight back - Observer.com
(2) Biden was revealed to announce new tariffs on China's electric vehicles as soon as next week, China: The United States is wrong on top of wrong - Global Times
(3) How many steps does the United States take to hype up the "China Electric Vehicle Threat Theory"? Uncover the truth - Red Star News