All countries in the world don’t want to see a trade war.

　　The picture shows a busy scene at the container terminal in Lianyungang Port, Jiangsu Province. According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of China’s goods trade in the first half of the year was 14.12 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%.

　　Photo by Geng Yuhe (people’s picture)

　　The United States unilaterally provoked a trade war with China, which affected the nerves of overseas Chinese. What pains and opportunities does Sino-US trade friction bring to China’s economy? How have the economies of various countries been affected by the Sino-US trade situation? How does Sino-US trade friction affect the world economic structure? This newspaper interviewed overseas Chinese from many countries and asked them to talk about their personal experiences and feelings.

　　There is no winner in trade friction

　　In San Francisco, USA, Cai Wenyao, consultant of the American Chinese Chamber of Commerce, found that it was cheaper to buy corn. "The price of corn has dropped from 0.5 US dollars to 1 US dollar and 4 US dollars. This price fluctuation may be related to the limited export of corn in the United States and the dumping of corn in the domestic market." Cai Wenyao said.

　　"The countermeasures taken by China now have a great impact on the middle and lower classes in the United States. On the one hand, products imported from China increase tariffs, and manufacturers pass the costs on to consumers, which indirectly increases the living costs of ordinary people; On the other hand, the countermeasures of agricultural products have directly affected the sales of agricultural products, the prices of agricultural products have also dropped significantly, and farmers’ income has decreased. " Cai Wenyao said.

　　Not long ago, a report in a local newspaper in the central part of the United States caught the attention of Zhang Jun, an American political and legal scholar. It was reported that China’s imposition of punitive tariffs caused panic and concern among the American people.

　　"China levies tariffs, and enterprises in the agricultural and manufacturing industrial chain in the United States bear the brunt. Sino-US trade friction not only directly affects the interests of related industries in the United States, but also exerts great psychological pressure on employees in other related industries. " Zhang Jun said.

　　Zhang Jun believes that in recent years, with the rapid economic growth of China, the economic complementarity between China and the United States is gradually decreasing and the competitiveness is increasing. One of the reasons for the trade friction between China and the United States is that the United States regards China as a potential rival in economic and trade relations.

　　For China, the high tariff policy of the United States will have a great impact on China’s international trade in the short term, but it will also provide a warning for China’s long-term economic and trade development model. "To some extent, we should ‘ Thank you ’ This trade friction has forced China enterprises to improve their core technological capabilities, which has stimulated and promoted China’s economic transformation and supply-side reform. " Jiang Feng, editor-in-chief of the New Overseas Chinese News of Japan, said.

　　"If the warming of trade friction causes instability in Sino-US relations, it will have a negative impact on the world economy and the international situation." Nan Gengxu, chairman of Global Wide Area Media Group, said.

　　Countries join hands to tide over the difficulties.

　　"With the development of world economic globalization and trade liberalization, the global industrial chain division of labor system and value chain have been built, and the interests of all countries in the world are deeply blended, and they are all prosperous and lose." Jiang Feng said.

　　Since Trump took office, the United States has set off trade protectionism and unilateralism around the world, and almost all the world’s major economies, such as China, the European Union and Canada, have been affected by American bullying. Overseas Chinese in various countries have a personal experience of this.

　　On the one hand, Sino-US trade frictions seek other markets for goods blocked by Sino-US trade, on the other hand, they attract goods from other countries to make up for the trade gap between China and the United States. In the trade conflict provoked by the United States, all countries in the world meet challenges and opportunities and tide over difficulties together.

　　"Sino-US trade friction has objectively narrowed the trade relationship between China and Europe." Shi Zhongsheng, president of the French-Fujian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, believes that the European economy has also been greatly affected by the US trade protection measures, and European enterprises can make up for the gap in China’s demand for American products to a certain extent. Sino-US trade friction provides opportunities for China to seek cooperation with Europe.

　　On July 9th, China and Germany signed more than 20 agreements with a total amount of 30 billion US dollars in Berlin, involving cooperation in the fields of vocational education, climate research, autonomous driving and medical and health care, including more than 10 agreements signed by BMW Great Wall, BMW Brilliance and Daimler Tsinghua.

　　Zheng Rongchang, vice chairman of the British Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, believes that China’s cooperation with Britain and countries in continental Europe will provide China with a broader perspective and ideas to deal with Sino-US trade frictions. The enlightenment of Sino-US trade friction to China is not only in the economic and trade field, but also in scientific and technological innovation, cultural exchanges, cultural values, personnel training and other aspects. Britain and European countries, which have a long history and humanistic connotation and advanced technology research and development capabilities, have more common language and complementary advantages with China, and are expected to achieve closer and deeper all-round cooperation.

　　"The impact of Sino-US trade friction on Japan can be said to be ‘ One is happy, the other is sad ’ 。” Jiang Feng said that China’s counter-measures against the United States have restricted American products from entering China, which has affected the operating conditions of Japanese investment enterprises in the United States, but also provided opportunities for Japanese products to enter China and promoted Japan’s expansion of exports to China.

　　On July 17th, the Japanese government and the European Union signed the "Europe-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement" and issued a statement saying that Japan and Europe will promote high-standard, free, open and fair free economic relations, safeguard the multilateral trading system centered on the World Trade Organization and fight protectionism. Jiang Feng believes that the Japanese government’s move has shown Japan’s position in Sino-US trade friction.

　　For Oceania countries that rely heavily on import and export trade, Sino-US trade friction has brought more uncertainties to the international trade of Oceania countries.

　　"As a country that is particularly dependent on exports and the World Trade Organization system, New Zealand is eager for a stable international trade environment and clear and enforceable trade rules." Sun Bangbang said.

　　For the vast number of developing countries, Sino-US trade friction has not affected the tide of cooperation and development among developing countries. "China has a very large consumer market, China has reduced the import of American goods, and many companies in Thailand and Southeast Asia have seen opportunities." Jason, consultant of Philippine Red Candle Chinese Education Foundation, said that the multilateral win-win cooperation model of China’s Belt and Road Initiative has gradually become an international consensus.

　　Hoping that China and the United States will seek a win-win situation

　　"The policies of the United States and the style of behavior of leaders are becoming more and more unpredictable. Intermittent trade frictions between the two big countries may be an inevitable trend in the future." Nan Gengxu said.

　　At present, Sino-US trade friction is at a stalemate stage, and the future development trend is characterized by complexity and long-term. China is ready to deal with Sino-US trade friction for a long time, and seek a way out from the world markets while rationally dealing with trade friction with the United States.

　　Sun Yibang believes that the Sino-US trade friction reminds all countries in the world that they should conform to the trend of globalization and standardize the operation of economic globalization instead of abandoning the process of resisting globalization.

　　"At present, the development trend of the world economy is ‘ Castle peak cannot be covered, after all, it flows eastward ’ 。” Jason said, "Economic globalization is irreversible, and it is unwise for any country to set up trade barriers." In the future, Sino-US trade friction still needs rational consultation and negotiation between the two sides to seek a win-win situation on the basis of trade liberalization.

　　Zhang Jun believes that the future development trend of Sino-US trade friction remains to be seen, but the trade war is not the result that all countries in the world want to see. "All countries in the world have this kind of appeal, hoping that China and the United States can reach a new trade order through bilateral or multilateral negotiations. Most people hope that this high tariff policy is only a means, not the final result. "

　　At the same time, close cooperation with developing countries will provide a new way for China to deal with trade frictions for a long time. "In the future, as a developing country, Africa will definitely not miss the progress and opportunities brought by China’s opening up, and China will continue to provide more opportunities for promoting the prosperity and growth of international trade." Nan Gengxu said, "Ten years ago, African entrepreneurs first thought of the United States when they went abroad to invest, but now their first thought is probably China."