In a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump’s trade war, the China Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published on social networks an impressive video that appeals to the international community to face the US leader.
“Curving in the face of ruffia is like drinking poison to quench the thirst – only deepens the crisis,” says China in her video, narrated in English and subtitled in Chinese. “The story has already proved that the commitment does not give us mercy – kneeling only invites more bullying. China will not kneel.”
The video chronicles a history lesson about what China considers to be American economic aggression, which forced companies such as Toshiba and Alstom to bankruptcy, the financial crisis and bankruptcy, and which led the Japanese economy to “decades of anamic growth.”
Never Kneel Down!
— CHINA MFA Spokesperson Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson (@MFA_China)
On the other hand, China presents itself as a free trade paradise with which other countries can invest in security and establish partnerships.
“China will be firm, regardless of wind strength,” says the video. “Someone has to step forward, torch in hand, to undo the fog and illuminate the way forward.”
Comprehensive and dramatic rhetoric functioned as a severe message for the Trump administration after the historic climb of the trade war, as well as an appeal to action for other countries. In the video, China appealed to all nations to “lift” and “break the walls of hegemony.”
The video does not specifically mention 145% rates that Trump administration has imposed Chinese imports – or 125% retaliatory tariffs that China, in turn, imposed on American products. But China published the video on social networks, in a moment of apparent willingness by the Trump administration.
Trump recently said he expects customs rights to Chinese products to download and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has classified extremely high as “unsustainable” customs rights. But Trump also said that China would have to present a strong offer, and although he said the two nations are constantly communicating, China repeatedly denied that countries are in any type of active commercial negotiation.
However, commercial negotiations with the United States seem to be in full swing for a large number of other nations. Bessent said he is in active discussions with 17 other countries during a 90 -day window where Trump administration has placed extraordinarily high “reciprocal tariffs”, reaching 50%in dozens of countries.
China urged other nations to stay firm – and not to take advantage of the United States from China.
“We know that the fact that we defend ourselves maintains the possibility of cooperation alive,” says the video. “China will not retreat so that the voices of the weakest are heard, bullying is locked and justice does not disappear from the world.”
The video of the video: America is not worthy of trust.
In the video, China called the United States “a paper tiger.” He stressed that US imports and exports represent less than one fifth of world trade and that the nation “does not represent the whole world.”
“When the rest of the world gets together in solidarity, the US is just a small stranded boat,” China said in the video. “Don’t deceive yourself, the US will continue to play hard.”
