A statement from the Chinese Embassy in our country continues to strain the relationship with the United States.
The Argentine diplomacy is in a moment of geopolitical balance after the economic bailout announced by Scott Bessent, who expressed that this would strengthen the country’s relations with the USAto the detriment of its links with China. This position generated a quick reaction from the Chinese embassy, which understood that there were “provocative statements” and declared: “Latin America and the Caribbean is no one’s backyard.”
In a television interview in the United States, the North American Secretary of the Treasury assured that the economic assistance to our country was due to the fact that “nOr do we want another failed or Chinese-led state in Latin America?. Stabilizing Argentina is a priority for the United States.” The US official even highlighted Javier Milei’s conviction to disassociate Argentina from its relations with China.
Bessent’s statements led the head of the national Cabinet himself, Guillermo Francoshave to clarify the situation. “I don’t think that part of the agreement is to exclude China from Argentina,” stated on radio Rivadavia, and noted that “it may be that on some issue the US is more interested in having a closer relationship with them, but on commercial issues they have nothing to do with it.”
Simultaneously, this Friday the president of the United States, Donald Trump announced the application of an additional 100% tariff on Chinese imports and the implementation of controls on the export of software from Beijing, measures that will take effect on November 1. The announcement came a few hours after the president warned that he could suspend his next meeting with the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping.
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The Chinese Embassy warned about statements by Scott Bessent
This Saturday, and following the statements of Scott Bessent, the Chinese Embassy in Argentina issued a statement in which it considered that “the provocative statements” of the North American Secretary of the Treasury “once again revealed the mentality rooted in the times of the Cold War that continues to characterize some US officials, who only seem to move in a spirit of confrontation and interventionism in the affairs of other sovereign nations.
“Bessent seems to ignore that China has been promoting valuable cooperation actions with the countries of the region in the most diverse areas, always on the basis of respect, equality, collaboration and mutual benefit,” said Chinese diplomacy, which noted that “The United States dedicated itself for years to trying to impose its hegemony, interfering in the interests of the people and controlling the countries of the region.their acts of hegemony and bullying being evident.
Likewise, it indicates that “The United States must know that it cannot disrupt cooperation between China and the regionbecause it is a deep link that was never used to harm third countries.” “It would be better for the United States to stop sowing discord and create problems where there are none, to make more real contributions to the development of the region that it claims to defend,” the document concludes.
Source: Ambito
