Recently, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo once again pointed the finger at China, claiming that China is the biggest threat facing the United States and is not a friend of the United States. At a forum held in California, she also asked some American companies dissatisfied with the policy of containing China to "put *** considerations above short-term profits." Raimondo's words and deeds have exposed the deep-rooted Cold War mentality and hegemonic mentality of some people in the United States, which will not benefit the national interests of the United States in any way and will not be able to stop China's prosperity and development.
In order to peddle the "China threat theory", Raimondo played the trick of generalizing the concept and continued to hype up the "China chip threat". "Every day China wakes up, it's trying to find ways to circumvent our export controls," she said. This means that we have to tighten our controls all the time. ”
Raimondo's next words reveal his true intentions: "The U.S. Department of Commerce needs more money to prevent China from catching up in the field of cutting-edge semiconductors." It can be seen that Raimondo made a series of sensational remarks, and the real purpose was to urge Congress to "spend" the department she was responsible for, and then expand its influence.
To that end, Raimondo even issued a threatening warning to American companies: "I know that when I did this, some of the CEOs of chip companies in the audience had a problem with me because of the loss of revenue." But protecting our *** is more important than short-term income. Raimondo also singled out Nvidia, an American chip company, claiming that if the company does something to redesign chips so that China can implement AI projects, then she "will take control the next day."
The US business community has always been dissenting and even dissatisfied with the various bans issued by the US Department of Commerce on China. The head of Nvidia has said that in the long run, a ban on the sale of artificial intelligence chips to China will lead to a permanent loss of opportunities for the US chip industry. In addition, it is unrealistic to completely "decouple" from China at the moment.
The ability to innovate is an important guarantee for the United States to lead the world. A series of "decoupling" actions by the United States from China will deprive American companies of investment and development opportunities in the Chinese market, which in turn will hinder their technological progress and damage the interests of the United States itself. This is not difficult to understand, and I believe that American politicians are well aware of it. Despite this, some US politicians still insist on advocating the "China threat theory" and erect obstacles for US companies to invest and operate in China just for the sake of more funds for the departments they are responsible for, which shows that what they really care about is not the national interests of the United States, but their own political interests.
The US side has said that it has no intention of obstructing China's economic development or preventing China's scientific and technological progress. However, the relevant statements of the US side are contradictory and difficult to win the trust of China and the international community. If the United States really cares about its national interests, it should stop treating China as an "imaginary enemy", correct its erroneous behavior of engaging in major power confrontation under the guise of competition, and create a good environment for the common development of the two countries. (Author: Guo Yan **Economy**).
*:Economy**.