Damascus-SANA
The United States continues its provocative and hostile policies towards China in various ways and means, from interference in its sovereign affairs to spreading lies and false allegations under the pretext of human rights, to continuing to impose customs duties on Chinese goods and approving a draft law aimed at impeding and containing development in China.
Washington's hostile approach towards Beijing has taken an upward trend with the change of the US administration and the receipt of Joe Biden, who, a few days ago, expanded the list of sanctions imposed against Chinese companies to include 59 companies instead of 31, to follow this step with a bill approved by the US Senate yesterday under the allegations of strengthening the ability of the United States to Compete with China's economic and political ambitions, a move that Canada's Global Research website described as "perpetuating Washington's Cold War mentality toward Beijing."
Biden's escalatory moves were not limited to expanding the list of sanctions and the bill, which China asserted is full of ideological bias and aims to contain its development under the slogan of innovation and competition, but rather exceeded it to his attempts, according to experts and analysts, to mobilize Washington's allies in Europe against China, taking advantage of his first foreign tour that he is currently undertaking and his planned meetings. Including the Group of Seven.
Some European Union countries and Canada have previously been subject to Washington’s dictates and imposed, several months ago, sanctions that violate international law on individuals and organizations in China, citing allegations of violations of the rights of the population, which the United States and Western powers have turned into an illegal tool and means to pressure sovereign countries that refuse to submit to their policies.
Global Research website clarified that Washington's Cold War approach in dealing with Beijing is based on its attempts to preserve its role in the world and confront the development and development achieved by China and its increasing technological superiority, especially in the field of railway investments, in which China is a pioneer.
The website indicated that the United States recognizes China's rapid success in the railway sector, but instead of learning from this success and developing its own investments in this field, it seeks to obstruct and contain Chinese development, arguing that it "affects innovation by favoring the development of the domestic market and Chinese state-owned enterprises." on the interests of the private sector,” which means Western companies.
Faced with the $170 billion plan drawn up by Washington to confront what it calls the alleged "Chinese threat," China called on the United States to stop perpetuating strategic competition against it, stressing that the goal of the country's development is to make permanent improvements and enable the Chinese people to live a better life.
The United States has insisted on pursuing a policy of trade confrontation with China for years, despite its negative repercussions on the American companies themselves, a large number of which expressed their concerns about this policy, especially with regard to customs duties imposed on Chinese goods.
In this context, more than 3,500 American companies, including Coca-Cola, Disney and Four, have filed lawsuits against the administration of former US President Donald Trump over its tariffs on China, which, according to a study conducted by the US-China Business Council and Oxford Economics earlier this year, caused the loss of up to 245,000 jobs. in the United States.
Basma Kanon