- 2018-09-27
The world enters fission mode
The interpretation of Weibo netizens is that the big landlord Trump sits on a chair and listens to the G7 poor peasants' application to open the warehouse to release grain, the poor peasant family recommends the representative of the old lady Merkel to report the disaster, and Abe stands by as the landlord’s thug at any time Ready to go up and do it.
The photo was sent by German Chancellor Merkel's team, and the photographer should be a German journalist. This photo was taken from the just-concluded G7 summit. (German media said that this photo will greatly increase Merkel's popularity, so international politics is actually a domestic performance.)
The person sitting on the right is President Trump of the United States. It is German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is talking to him. Merkel's right hand is French President Macron, and Macron's right hand is the United Kingdom with half of his head exposed. Prime Minister Mei, Merkel's left hand is Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
This photo not only vividly shows us the pattern of the G7 summit, but also shows us the pattern of the world today. The so-called G7 refers to the seven most economically developed countries in the West-the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Canada. They formed this "top social circle" in the 1970s. Later, with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Western countries also pulled Russia into it (1998), forming the G8.
In March 2014, after Russia occupied Crimea, it was sanctioned by Western countries, and the G8 actually no longer exists. In other words, Russia was driven out of this circle.
During the G7 meeting this year, China is doing the east in Qingdao and hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in a high-profile manner. During this meeting, Putin was received by China's ultra-high rules, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves (the video above shows Putin's activities in Tianjin).
However, the G7 summit is full of contradictions and conflicts. Trump has repeatedly launched trade wars against various countries, including his long-term allies in the G7.
In G7, Trump turned his main target at Germany, believing that Germany is hiding behind the European Union and taking advantage of the United States. It is not unreasonable for Trump to say this.
There are 19 member states in the Eurozone, all of which use the single currency of the Euro. Therefore, the exchange rate of the euro must take care of the level of most countries. In this case, Germany is obviously taking advantage, because Germans are more serious and their products are more competitive. Germany, hiding behind the euro, has surpassed China in 2017 and became the country's largest trade surplus. It's just that in trade with the United States, Germany does not have as much surplus as China.
Therefore, Trump's trade war is mainly aimed at China, followed by Germany. Then, there are other countries such as Japan, Canada, and Mexico. But the Germans feel wronged-the euro exchange rate is not our manipulation!
In fact, Trump singled out the world and launched trade wars everywhere. One fundamental reason is that the Americans believe that the world economic and trade system formed after World War II was very beneficial to Americans, but after more than 40 years of evolution, it has been "revisionist". The country" has been revised. The United States can no longer take advantage of it. It has the title of world hegemon and has borne a lot of "costs of being a world policeman." These revisionist countries include China and Germany.
So after Trump came to power, he "exited" all the way: withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, withdrawing from the TPP, withdrawing from the Iranian nuclear agreement, withdrawing from UNESCO, and even threatening to withdraw from the WTO and withdraw from the United Nations!
Regarding Trump's "fallacy and heresy ", the other six countries in the G7 have been watching the fire from the other side. But when their interests are jeopardized, the six countries quit. German Chancellor Merkel was the first to wipe out the sparks with Trump, and conflicts started from the first meeting. In recent months, the leaders of Canada, Britain, and France have also changed their attitudes.
French President Macron stated fiercely at the G7 summit: “We don’t want a world hegemon.” “The President of the United States may not mind being isolated today. If necessary, we also don’t mind signing a six-nation agreement. Because these six countries are representatives. A type of value, representing an economic market with a rich history, is now a real force in the world."
The translation of Macron's words is: if you Trump wants to quit even G7, we don't want to stay, G6 can play on its own!
Trump is also very tough. He refused to have a "single chat" with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Canada. And proposed: Let Russia return to G7 and restore G8.
The G6 leader rolled his eyes and thought: You are not ill. You were the Americans who drove Russia out of the G8. Now that you see China and Russia making each other, you regret it!
There are a thousand cups of wine every confidant, but a few words are not speculative. Seeing that the atmosphere was wrong, Trump flew away before the meeting was over. The G6 leaders who were thrown off their own meetings thought about it again and again, and they came up with a meeting communiqué, hoping to pull the United States to sign it. The United States agreed at first, and then Trump suddenly said via Twitter:
Since Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau made a "false statement" at the press conference, I have instructed the U.S. representative not to sign the G7 Joint Communiqué published earlier.
In addition, Trump threatened to consider imposing tariffs on imported cars. In short, the world has entered fission mode. The United States "repents" and hopes to re-establish the world order, especially the re-establishment of the interests of global trade, and in the process to achieve containment of China's rise.
This is a time of complicated contradictions. Trump's pressing step by step has already put himself into a dangerous situation unknowingly. His rampage gave the United States a temporary advantage and helped the Republican Party win the mid-term elections. However, if you do not manage well and make too many enemies, a major comeback may occur, and you will lose all the games in the end.
More than 10 U.S. congressmen have jointly proposed a motion: asking Congress to withdraw Trump's power to initiate a trade war!