Once again, the United States is playing a role against China, targeting the automotive industry, especially electric vehicles, which are China's most dazzling industrial products.
Globally, with the exception of Tesla in the United States, almost all of the most competitive electric vehicles come from China. This wave of electric vehicles from China has put tremendous pressure on the Detroit Three, with Japan's Honda Toyota, South Korea's Hyundai feeling the pressure of competition, and even Germany's BBA being a little ashamed.
Although China's electric vehicles have not yet officially entered the U.S. market, the U.S. is clearly feeling the urgency. Biden** said he would take unprecedented action to restrict access to the U.S. market for electric vehicles exported from China.
"China is using unfair** means to try to dominate the EV market, but we will not tolerate it," Biden explained. He also warned: "Connected vehicles from China may collect sensitive data about our citizens and infrastructure and transmit it back to China." These vehicles can also be remote access risky and may even cause malfunction. "The so-called unfairness is really making excuses. Chinese diplomatic spokesman Mao Ning pointed out that the global popularity of Chinese cars does not depend on so-called unfair means, but on technological innovation and high quality formed in fierce market competition.
Again, insecurity is more of an excuse. What about Tesla and Apple in China? There are also a lot of examples of electronic components used in traditional cars, don't they convey information? China firmly opposes China's false accusation that China has purchased sensitive data of US citizens to engage in malicious activities, which is nothing more than a discriminatory practice that is clearly targeted at specific countries. What the United States cares about most is dominance. **Has always been the backbone of American industry, can it tolerate Chinese auto dominance? Therefore, the United States continued to exaggerate the threat of ***, smear Chinese goods, and finally adopted heavy taxes, heavier tariffs, and even categorically refused.
The U.S. is not even satisfied with the current tariff policy, and some lawmakers have introduced bills calling for the total tariffs on Chinese cars to be reduced from the current 275% to 125%, and even 100% tariffs on cars assembled in Mexico by Chinese automakers. This approach is clearly continuing to put pressure on Chinese cars to make them uncompetitive in the U.S. market.
Why?
According to these politicians, Chinese automakers are using Mexico as a route and are likely to soon set off a wave of U.S. car exports in Mexico.
This approach is really frustrating.
So, what should we do?
Perhaps we can start from three areas.
First of all, we need to be prepared to deal with the United States, because they may be rogues.
This is not about the Chinese product itself, but about a mentality within the United States, regardless of the political party.
Take the speech of spokesman Wang Wenbin on January 22 this year, he strongly condemned the "paranoia of victimization" of American politicians, believing that the situation is getting worse day by day.
He angrily asked: Why, in the absence of evidence, would they baselessly accuse China-related companies of threatening the United States?
Why is the spearhead of the "US threat" always pointed at China's leading companies?
Why does the United States force other countries to conduct ** against Chinese companies even though they do not feel the threat of Chinese products?
He went on to say: For these American politicians, as long as China's advanced technology is considered a "threat", they will use all means to suppress it; Only shirts and socks exported by China do not pose a threat ......
This is the reality, the harsh reality.
Second, we must not learn the American way.
I would like to emphasize this point in particular. We should not retaliate by taking the same action, which will only lead to a vicious circle.
If we follow the example of the United States, then the American iPhone, Boeing's planes, Tesla's cars, Caterpillar's machinery, and all kinds of American software pose a serious security threat to China and the whole world.
Are we going to ban them all as well?
This may be a bargaining chip, but we should not close ourselves off as it will only satisfy the wishes of some Americans.
I think we should be sensible, calm, and more open, because openness is the most powerful self-confidence, and only through openness can we maintain and strengthen our strength, so strong that the other party cannot refuse.
When dealing with international relations, it is essential to be strategically astute.
Denigrating the United States? Now American politicians have thicker skins than bulletproof shields!
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth? This may play into the hands of the Americans.
We have to be cautious and remember that China is a major global power and we have a lot of leverage.
Don't forget that many important global issues, such as climate change, energy security, war and peace, the U.S. drug problem, inflation, and more, require China's cooperation.
America, you can't expect us to be threatened by you on the one hand, and on the other hand to actively seek cooperation. This kind of thing doesn't happen. Therefore, we need to play a good game.
The worse the environment, the more stubborn the enemy, and the more scoundrels we act, the more we can test our game and demonstrate our ability as world-class diplomats.
But I always feel that the once open America is now becoming more and more conservative, more and more closed, and more and more populist and rogue behavior. In this regard, China should not follow the example of the United States!