August 23, 2023

The news of US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo's upcoming visit to China has been circulating for a long time. Now, the dates have finally been confirmed: from August 27 to 30. She will become the fourth US cabinet-level official to visit China since June. Compared to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, the department under Raimondo's management is primarily involved in the field of economic and trade, which represents the closest integration of China-US interests, the broadest cooperation, and also with the most specific disputes. As a result, her trip to China has gained special attention and anticipation.

Many people have noticed that Raimondo's visit to China is "at the invitation of Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao." In the overall chilly atmosphere of China-US relations, this move by the Chinese side maximizes the display of goodwill and sincerity. Economic and trade exchanges and cooperation have always been a central manifestation of the mutually beneficial nature of China-US relations. The economic and trade relationship has long been considered a "ballast stone" and "propeller" of the overall relationship between China and the US. However, against the backdrop of the US' comprehensive containment and suppression of China, Washington has made the economic and trade relationship with China its prime target for political attacks, taking to the extreme the essence of policies that harm others without benefiting itself.

Some of the economic, trade and investment restrictions imposed by the US on China not only violate international economic and trade rules and principles but are also highly irrational. In simple terms, these measures significantly damage the interests of the US itself.

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