After the call of the Chinese and US heads of state on June 5, Trump quickly announced on social platforms that "China and the United States will hold economic and trade negotiations in London, England on June 9.The US, including Treasury Secretary Becent, Commerce Secretary Lutnik, and Trade Representative Greer, participated in the negotiations."
And our arrangements for this negotiation are a little later than the United States. According to Reuters, on June 7, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that at the invitation of the British government, Vice Premier He Lifeng of the State Council will visit the UK from June 8 to 13. During this period, the first meeting of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism will be held with the United States. This is the second round of formal negotiations between the two sides after the last Geneva negotiations reached a "truce" agreement.
In this regard, according to an AFP article, this is a "second round" of negotiations aimed at implementing the agreement. The background of this negotiation is that the United States' control of cutting-edge chips implemented by China is constantly escalating, and China "does not give up in an inch of land" in key rare earths that the United States urgently needs. Therefore, the US negotiation goal is very clear, that is, it requires China to completely relax the control of dual-purpose materials such as rare earths. China may have three goals. The first is to completely cancel and solidify tariffs on China; the second is to cancel various high-tech controls on China, including chips; the third is to face the Taiwan Strait issues, such as arms sales to Taiwan.
Especially the Taiwan Strait issue, every time, is an important issue that cannot be avoided in the Sino-US negotiations. For China, the most core and important issue is the Taiwan Strait issue. Therefore, in this negotiation, the Taiwan Strait issue will be a bargaining chip used by the United States to make big fuss. Sure enough, according to the Wall Street Journal, on June 8, US Secretary of Defense Hegses suddenly made harsh words to China, claiming that "Asia is a key area of concern to the Trump administration, and the United States will never allow China to take back Taiwan during Trump's tenure. If China seeks to 'invade and conquer' Taiwan, it will have 'destructive consequences'."
Hergess said very arrogantly, this is a naked red line that provoked us. Obviously, this is an off-trade move used by the United States to us before the Sino-US and London negotiations. The purpose is to increase the weight of the United States using the "Taiwan Card" in the negotiations and put pressure on us. The United States' wishful thinking is to exchange for our big concessions on rare earths through some false concessions on the Taiwan Strait issue.
In addition, according to Taiwanese media reports, a Taiwan Strait military push with the highest level in history will be launched on June 10, and 17 generals on and outside the island will participate and simulate the war in the Taiwan Strait. The purpose of this "Taiwan Strait Defense Forces Promotion" was held by the National Taiwan Political University. The purpose of the deduction is to simulate the challenges and response strategies faced by mainland China in the military reunification campaign against Taiwan around 2030.
This military promotion is divided into five deduction groups, including the control group, the People's Liberation Army (Red) group, the Taiwan group, the United States group and the Japanese group. The representatives of the US group are General Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Blair, former Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific. The Japanese group is General Shigeru Iwasaki, Chief of Staff of the Japan General Tomohisa, former Chief of Staff of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. It can be said that the deductions between the two groups of the United States and Japan are quite credible, which can represent the US military and the Japanese Self-Defense Force to give a close-to-real reaction.
However, in the end, it is the state and military strength that determines everything. According to the current actual combat power of the People's Liberation Army, even if the United States and Japan participate in the war with all their strength, it is impossible to win. Therefore, this kind of Taiwan Navy push is not very meaningful even if the United States, Japan and Taiwan do it another one million times. Therefore, the United States, Japan and Taiwan suddenly held the Taiwan Strait War military promotion in a high-profile manner. The editor believes that it should also be a slapped in the negotiations between China and the United States. Maybe this is also a deliberately off-the-strike attack by the United States.
