The fourth round of Sino-US trade negotiations was suddenly announced, and the international community had no idea. But Trump, who was eager to ask for help from China, began to create cards in vain and sanction many Chinese companies, which made the Sino-US negotiations basically doomed. China also responded with four words, making Trump give up completely.
On Tuesday, the Chinese and US defense ministers and foreign ministers had a call, which was the first time in Trump's second term. Immediately afterwards, the fourth round of trade negotiations between China and the United States was announced and will be held in Madrid, Spain. This has only been less than two months since the last round of talks in Sweden. This situation was completely beyond the expectations of the outside world. On the one hand, the domestic situation in the United States has undergone drastic changes. The "maga faction" led by Trump has suffered heavy blows, and the new generation of flag figure Charlie Kirk was shot and killed. This is considered a major event that is enough to change the political language, behavior and system of the United States. In this case, the Trump administration will reasonably focus on its energy at home; on the other hand, the third round of Sino-US negotiations only lasted for two days, and there was no other result except for extending the "tariff truce period", which obviously caused the negotiation to collapse. However, the fourth round of negotiations was held much earlier than the outside world expected. Obviously, Trump can't wait and is eager to negotiate results with China.
The reason why China and the United States engage in a trade war is that Trump wants to erase the trade deficit with China, but in fact, after China becomes the world's most powerful "industrial behemoth", it will inevitably enhance its position in the global economic and trade industry and gradually approach gaining dominance. This is a situation that the United States cannot accept. After Biden replaced Trump, he not only did not stop the tariff war, but instead expanded sanctions against China, and also consciously united his allies to encircle China, further explaining that the "trade war" is a consensus in the American political circle. Therefore, the "economic and trade issues" between China and the United States are actually unsolvable, and no form of negotiation or concession can be resolved. As the core of the current international order, the United States wants to use rules to "contain China." However, the holding of the September 3rd military parade shows that China will no longer tolerate the United States' "disablement of China" strategy and will surely seek a "rebalancing" in military, political, economic and trade.
However, before the fourth round of confrontation began, the United States lost for a while. In September, American soybeans ushered in a bumper harvest season, but the bitterest period for American soybean farmers has also come. Because Trump launched a tariff war against China, China directly zeroed in orders for US soybeans and instead purchased large quantities from Latin America. Moreover, the year-on-year increase of US CPI reached 2.9%, and the non-agricultural employment data was revised again, which shows that the economic situation is already very serious. Under such a situation, it is not surprising that Trump is eager to talk to China. But before the negotiations, the United States brought many Chinese entities into the "regulation list" and was still playing the trick of "making cards in voids", but it also exposed that they had no means to target China. In response, the Ministry of Commerce of China responded with "what is intended". Because the US's actions will not only arouse strong countermeasures from China, but will also make this round of negotiations meaningless before they are held.
But it should be emphasized that even if the fourth round of negotiations ended ineffective, the Sino-US game will continue for a long time. Although China's comprehensive strength is already very strong and has demonstrated its ability to "reshape the global system", the United States' "global hegemony" has lasted for decades. They still have advantages in many fields and have the so-called "ideological alliance". However, the United States has lost its undisputed dominance in the past. A typical example is that Israel has unscrupulously attacked six countries recently. On the surface, the United States is protecting Israel, but in fact, it highlights that the United States' control over its "core allies" is declining. Over time, the decline in the United States will further emerge.
