Sometimes, Trump posted on his personal social media, accusing China of violating the agreement. Trump said that he had "kind intentions" two weeks ago and reached a Geneva agreement with China to reduce tariffs of 115%, but unexpectedly, China did not compromise with the United States afterwards. At the same time, the US Secretary of Commerce also believes that China has been playing procrastination tactics with them. In this case, the US must find a way to force China to the last negotiating table.
To this end, the US side has released three smoke bombs in a row against China in the past few days:
The first smoke bomb is to imply that it wants to play the "Taiwan card".
Recently, retired US Major General Montgomery said in Congress that there are currently 500 US troops in Taiwan, China, and it will soon increase to 1,000. Previously, the Taiwan authorities have been hiding the matter, saying that at most there are dozens of US military stationed, and they are all military officers engaged in training. But now it seems that the facts are far from what the Taiwan authorities say. And does this mean that the US military will start a large-scale garrison in Taiwan Province, China? The Trump administration did not respond to this matter. It is obvious that they are releasing smoke bombs to coerce mainland China.
The second smoke bomb is Trump himself and US Treasury Secretary Becent said that he hopes to communicate directly with the top Chinese leaders.
In fact, the communication between China and the high-level representatives of the United States, and even the communication between important people, has never stopped. Moreover, China has always welcomed various effective communications. A few days ago, former US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner visited Beijing and Shanghai. At that time, the secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the president of the People's Bank of China met him. In other words, China and the United States do not lack communication channels at all, but the Trump administration lacks sincerity.
The third smoke bomb is to create a tense atmosphere throughout Asia.
Recently, US Defense Secretary Hegsesth made it clear at the Shangri-La Dialogue that the United States will not withdraw from the Indo-Pacific, and asked allies in Asia to take action to increase the defense budget to 5%, and should jointly deal with China's continued expansion of influence. It is obvious that these allies include: Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. At the same time, the United States has been trying to win over India, Vietnam and other countries in recent times.
It seems that Hegsey has perfect deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, but he overlooked three practical issues:
1. Lee Jae-ming, the most popular candidate for South Korean president, has made it clear two days ago that unless aliens invade the earth, he himself will not consider military intervention in the war in the Taiwan Strait.
2. Japan is negotiating with the United States on tariff issues, and Shigeru Ishiba is already dissatisfied with the Trump administration.
3. As for the little Philippines, although he was determined to follow the United States, Marcos couldn't even handle the Duterte family in China. According to the latest news from the Philippines, Sarah, the daughter of Lao Du, said: No priority is given to reconciliation with Marcos. A few days ago, Marcos also said that he would reconcile with the Du family, but now it seems that it is impossible for him to let him go.
To sum up, the US has made various moves recently, which is to force China to go to the negotiating table. On June 1 local time, Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Commission, made it clear that China and the United States are expected to hold talks on tariffs this week. At the same time, he said the US hopes that the negotiations will be made this time. It seems that the US is really anxious now. The reason why they are anxious is nothing more than the following two reasons:
The first reason is that if they are afraid that if they delay this, China will gain support from more countries and regions after Latin America and ASEAN.
The second reason is that if they are afraid that if this delay will continue, the opposition to the Trump administration in the United States will become increasingly louder. Currently, even Musk has withdrawn, and he expressed obvious disappointment with the Trump administration in an interview. Musk's choice will surely affect a large number of large American capital groups. As a signal of internal division in the United States, Trump has no choice but to do anything about it.
At present, no second country has reached a formal trade agreement with the United States except the United Kingdom. There is not much time left for Trump, so we want to see what tricks he has to do with China.
