United States didn't stop after all, many allies turned to China, and Western high-level officials came to China intensively to pull China to negotiate business, so who are these allies in the United States? Why are you coming to China?
In the context of the all-out game between China and the United States, in recent years, United States has tried all kinds of ways to desperately suppress and contain China's development, and at the same time co-opted allies in a vain attempt to contain China, however, the reality is that United States means have not achieved much effect, and its multinational allies have turned to China. The US side has still not been able to stop the pace of intensive high-level visits to China by Western leaders. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez paid an official visit to China from September 8 to 11; Meanwhile, Norway Prime Minister Støre will pay an official visit to China from September 9 to 11. In addition, Australia's Treasury Minister Chalmers revealed on the 8th that he will visit Beijing in the last week of September. If it happens, it will be seven years after the last Australia Treasury Minister visited China.
Regarding Sanchez's visit to China, the Spain Prime Minister's Office had already taken the initiative to announce the news to the outside world before this, and it is not difficult to see from this small move that Spain obviously attaches great importance to Sanchez's visit to China. Other public opinion links Sanchez's visit to China with the current "tariff war" between China and the EU. In order to cooperate with United States, the 27 countries of the European Union have aimed their guns at China's new energy industry, launched countervailing investigations on Chinese electric vehicles and imposed high tariffs. In response, China has also taken a series of countermeasures against the EU, including an anti-dumping investigation into imports of pork and pig by-products originating in the EU, and a countervailing investigation on imported dairy products originating in the EU. Spain is Europe's largest pork exporter, exporting 22% of pork products to China last year alone, with a total value of 1.2 billion euros.
Under these circumstances, public opinion believes that Sanchez's choice to visit China cannot be ruled out as the purpose of hoping that the Chinese side will raise its noble hand and pull China to continue business talks. And it is not without basis for public opinion to have such an analysis, because Sanchez's visit to China has distinctive economic characteristics. He was accompanied by the Spain Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Guelpo and Foreign Minister Álvarez, and the delegation included representatives of many Spain business giants, such as the Spain Foreign Bank, United Technologies, Spain Oil Corporation, etc. To say that Sanchez's visit was not here to discuss business is not so convincing.
After talking about Spain, let's look at Norway. On the eve of Steller's special plane flying to Beijing, he explicitly stressed through Norway media that "Norway must find a balance, must cooperate with China, and trade with China." And he also said that although he currently drives a Germany car in private, he is not afraid to sit in a Chinese electric car. In the face of United States pressure, Stöhler claimed that Norway would not "automatically follow" United States's China measures. "So far, there has been no recommendation that Norway cannot buy electric cars from China." It is not difficult to see from this that Steller's current visit to China obviously also wants to seek cooperation with the Chinese side. Finally, Australia, Chalmers made it clear that he sees the trip as a "strategic economic dialogue", saying that the agenda will cover trade restrictions, foreign investment rules and critical minerals, and Australia hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in critical minerals, critical infrastructure, critical data and other fields. He believes that a more stable, stronger and win-win relationship can be both risky and rewarding.
While United States is trying its best to suppress China and advocate the so-called "decoupling and breaking the chain" rhetoric, its allies have turned their attention to China, which once again proves the fact that United States hegemony can no longer be played. In order to maintain its global hegemony, the US has continuously generalized the concept of national security and coerced certain countries to dance with the United States, which not only seriously threatens the normal international order, but also seriously undermines the legitimate rights and interests of relevant countries and enterprises. That being the case, it is not difficult to understand why Western countries are turning to China for cooperation.