Biden will do whatever it takes to win the election, launching a seven-way "attack" against China, Russia has begun to act, and Putin has important things to talk about during his visit to China, can the US plot succeed?
On May 14, the White House issued a statement saying that the Biden administration will continue the tariff policy implemented by the Trump administration, and impose tariffs on Chinese goods in seven areas, including electric vehicles, steel and aluminum, medical supplies, semiconductors, batteries, critical minerals, solar cells and cranes, including: 25% tariffs on China's steel and aluminum products, 50% on semiconductors, 50% on solar panels, and 100% on electric vehicles produced in China. U.S. President Joe Biden has set the tone for the seven-way "attack" launched by the United States, saying that this move is to ensure that the United States leads the world in these aspects. With only half a year to go before the U.S. election, Biden launched a tariff war against China on the eve of the election, not only to "ensure America's leading position", but also to win votes in swing states and curry favor with blue-collar workers in the United States by suppressing Chinese industry.
In addition to the tariffs, the US has recently added 37 Chinese entities to a "trade blacklist" and touted China's "overcapacity" in the "new three" area, which has had a limited impact on Chinese new energy companies, but has had a bad driving effect. On the one hand, the future of China's new energy vehicles into the U.S. market will be more resistant, on the other hand, the European Union is also up and down the effect of suppressing Chinese enterprises, not long ago European Commission President von der Leyen frequently advocated "de-risking", a large number of Chinese companies in Europe to carry out surprise investigations. More importantly, the Biden administration's "turning its face and denying people" has made the efforts of China and the United States to ease bilateral relations for some time go to waste.
"Containing China" is becoming a bipartisan "political correctness" in the United States, and Republican candidate Donald Trump is tougher than Biden, who recently hinted that he would impose 200% tariffs on cars produced by Chinese companies at Mexican factories after his victory. It is not difficult to see that the bipartisan struggle in the United States has transcended national interests and social livelihood, and the tariffs imposed by the United States on Chinese goods will not only be detrimental to the cost of domestic supply chains and industrial production, but will also increase the living and consumer spending of the American people, which will undoubtedly further raise the inflation index in the United States, which is currently approaching 3.5%. As another adversary of the United States, the Biden administration has also "shown its sword" against Russia, united with Europe to increase sanctions against Russia, and increased aid to Ukraine, trying to reverse the unfavorable situation on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The U.S. approach has boosted the escalation of Sino-Russian cooperation, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has already begun to act. Recently, Putin told the outside world that Sino-Russian relations have reached the highest level in history, and even in the face of a grim international situation, the relations between the two countries continue to strengthen. On the same day that the United States announced tariffs on Chinese goods, Putin confirmed that he would visit China, issue a joint statement with China's highest level, and sign a series of cooperation documents.
The United States has set up China and Russia as "imaginary enemies" and has continuously increased its sanctions, but as a result, it has put itself in an even more unfavorable situation, and it is difficult to say whether it will be able to cope with the "two-front operation" of China and Russia under the current situation of high debt and huge pressure to raise interest rates.